wire
1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc (Freq. 15)
• Derivationally related forms:
wiry
• Hypernyms:
ligament
• Hyponyms:
baling wire, barbed wire, barbwire, haywire, piano wire, trip wire
2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
conducting wire
• Hypernyms:
conductor
• Hyponyms:
filament, jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable,
lead-in, patchcord, telephone wire, telephone line, telegraph wire, telegraph line
3. the finishing line on a racetrack (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
finishing line, finish line
4. a message transmitted by telegraph (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
telegram
• Hypernyms:
message
• Hyponyms:
cable, cablegram, overseas telegram, letter telegram, night letter
1. provide with electrical circuits (Freq. 3)
- wire the addition to the house
• Derivationally related forms:
wirer, wiring
• Hypernyms:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
• Hyponyms:
rewire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. send cables, wires, or telegrams (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
cable, telegraph
• Derivationally related forms:
wirer, telegraphist (for: telegraph), telegrapher (for: telegraph), telegraph (for: telegraph), cable (for: cable)
• Topics:
telegraphy
• Hypernyms:
telecommunicate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They wire them the information
- They wire the information to them
3. fasten with wire (Freq. 1)
- The columns were wired to the beams for support
• Ant:
unwire
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. string on a wire
- wire beads
• Hypernyms:
string, thread, draw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. equip for use with electricity
- electrify an appliance
• Syn:
electrify
• Derivationally related forms:
wirer, wiring, electricity (for: electrify), electrification (for: electrify)
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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