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Synonyms for wire

Grammar : Noun
Spell : wahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : waɪər

Définition of wire

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun conducting strand
Example sentences :
  • The framework is of bamboo, strengthened and held taut with wire guys.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • You are no Frenchman, to spit flesh with a wire; but you can shoot, can't you?
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • It was tried on a wire laid across the Rhine between Deutz and Cologne.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • This pointed out to him that the wire might be sensitive to sound when in a state of fracture.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Nor was it essential the wire should be straight; it might be bent into angles.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Of these, the single-needle instrument, requiring only one wire, is still in use.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The electricity had taken a certain time to travel from the ends of the wire to the middle.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The wire puzzles and the association tea were an immense feature of these.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • But Turkey was far better armed with his lash of wire than I was with the club.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Do you mind if I fasten them on with wire so they can't fall?
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey

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