wire

1. metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod.

   a coil of copper wire

   a wire coat hanger

2. an electronic listening device that can be concealed on a person.

   an undercover police informer who was wearing a wire

3. a telegram or cablegram.

1. install electric circuits or wires in.

   wiring a plug

   electricians wired up searchlights

2. provide, fasten, or reinforce with wires.

   they wired his jaw

3. send a telegram or cablegram to.

   she wired her friend for advice

4. snare (an animal) with wire.
5. obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a hoop.

Old English wīr ; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.