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1. Ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
    
2. A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
   - conducting wire
    
3. The finishing line on a racetrack
    
4. A message transmitted by telegraph
   - telegram
    
5. A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
   - bug

1. Provide with electrical circuits
   "wire the addition to the house"
    
2. Send cables, wires, or telegrams
   - cable, telegraph
    
3. Fasten with wire
   "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
    
4. String on a wire
   "wire beads"
    
5. Equip for use with electricity
   "wire an appliance"
   - electrify
    
6. Send money electronically
   "ask them to wire the payment to the account"
    
7. Put in place electronic eavesdropping equipment
   "his house is wired"
   - bug

Derived forms: wiring, wired, wires

See also: wirer, wiring, wiry

Type of: accommodate, adapt, conductor, draw, equip, fasten, finish line, finishing line, fit, fit out, fix, ligament, message, microphone, mike, outfit, secure, string, telecommunicate, thread

Antonym: unwire

Encyclopedia: Wire Wire, The