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wire
Part of speech: NounA thread of metal; a telegraph wire or cable; colloquially, a telegram.
Part of speech: VerbTo bind with wire; stiffen with wire; thread on wire; colloquially, to send a message to by telegraph.
Usage examples "wire":- In about a minute his voice comes to me over the wire. - "J. Poindexter, Colored", Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb.
- If only I could have a line, even a wire, from her, or her father, just to say she was alive, I wouldn't mind so much. - "The Red Symbol", John Ironside.
- I'd hate to have my hair all wire. - "Master of the Vineyard", Myrtle Reed.