n. - A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
n. - A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
v. t. - To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
v. t. - To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
v. t. - To snare by means of a wire or wires.
v. t. - To send (a message) by telegraph.
v. i. - To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
v. i. - To send a telegraphic message.
n. - The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;
n. - the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office.
n. - One who picks women's pockets.
n. - A knitting needle.
n. - A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.
v. t. - To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.