wire

nounconducting strand

Word Origin & History

Old English wir "metal drawn out into a thread," from Proto-Germanic *wiraz (cf. Old Norse viravirka "filigree work," Swedish vira "to twist," Old High German wiara "fine gold work"), from PIE *wei- "to turn, twist, plait" (cf. Old Irish fiar, Welsh gwyr "bent, crooked;" Latin viere "to bend, twist," viriæ "bracelets," of Celtic origin). Wiretapping is recorded from 1904, from earlier wiretapper (1893). Wirepuller in the political sense is 1848, American English.

Example Sentences for wire

The framework is of bamboo, strengthened and held taut with wire guys.

You are no Frenchman, to spit flesh with a wire; but you can shoot, can't you?

It was tried on a wire laid across the Rhine between Deutz and Cologne.

Nor was it essential the wire should be straight; it might be bent into angles.

The electricity had taken a certain time to travel from the ends of the ...

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