wire

1. 1.

   ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

   Broaderligament

   Narrowerbaling wirebarbed wirehaywirepiano wiretrip wire
2. 2.

   a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

   Synonymsconducting wire

   Broaderconductor

   Narrowerfilamentjumper cablelead-inpatchcordtelephone wire
3. 3.

   the finishing line on a racetrack

   Broaderfinishing line
4. 4.

   a message transmitted by telegraph

   Synonymstelegram

   Broadermessage

   Narrowercableletter telegramnight letter

Other forms of wire

plural

wires·

past tense

wired·

present participle

wiring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wire

What does wire mean?

wire means "provide with electrical circuits". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wire?

wire has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈwaɪɚ/.

What is another word for wire?

Close synonyms include cable, telegraph, electrify, conducting wire, telegram. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of wire?

The recorded antonyms are unwire.

Is wire a common word?

wire is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with wire?

1 word rhymes with wire. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.