wire | (noun) ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc | - |
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(noun) a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance | Synonyms: conducting wire |
(noun) a message transmitted by telegraph | Synonyms: telegram |
(noun) the finishing line on a racetrack | - |
(verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: electrify |
(verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, telegraph |
(verb) fasten with wire | - |
(verb) string on a wire | - |
(verb) provide with electrical circuits | - |
wired | (adjective) equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service | - |
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(adjective) tied or bound with wire | - |
(adjective) tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline | Synonyms: pumped-up, pumped, pumped up |
(adjective) having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices | Synonyms: bugged |
wirehair | (noun) a terrier with wiry hair | Synonyms: wire-haired terrier, wirehaired terrier |
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wireless | (adjective) having no wires | - |
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(noun) a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves | Synonyms: radio |
(noun) an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | Synonyms: radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner |
(noun) transmission by radio waves | - |
(noun) medium for communication | Synonyms: radio, radiocommunication |
wirelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being wireless; lack of wires or cables. | - |
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wireman | (noun) a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring | Synonyms: wirer |
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wirer | (noun) a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring | Synonyms: wireman |
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(noun) someone who sends a telegram | - |
wiretap | (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: tap |
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(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, tap |
wiretapper | (noun) someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire | Synonyms: phone tapper, tapper |
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wirework | (noun) mesh netting made of wires | Synonyms: grillwork |
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wireworm | (noun) wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants | - |
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wiriness | (noun) the property of being lean and tough and sinewy | - |
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wiring | (noun) the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device | - |
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(noun) a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity | - |
wiry | (adjective) of or relating to wire | - |
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(adjective) of hair that resembles wire in stiffness | - |
(adjective) lean and sinewy | Synonyms: stringy |