(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
(countable, uncountable) A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
(countable, uncountable) A metal conductor that carries electricity.
(countable, uncountable) A fence made of usually barbed wire.
(countable, uncountable) A finish line of a racetrack.
(countable, informal, uncountable) A telecommunication wire or cable.
(broadly, countable, uncountable) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
(countable, informal, uncountable) A deadline or critical endpoint.
(countable, uncountable) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
(countable, plural-normally, uncountable) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) A pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
(Scotland, countable, uncountable) A knitting needle.
(countable, uncountable) The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable) Clipping of wire service and/or newswire.

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To string on a wire.
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
(figuratively, passive, usually) To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
(slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
(slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
(transitive) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

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