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Meaning:
Noun:
- A fence made of usually barbed wire.
- A metal conductor that carries electricity.
- A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
- billiards A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
- informal A deadline or critical endpoint.
- informal A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
- slang A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
- sports A finish line of a racetrack.
- uncountable Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
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Verb:
- informal To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.
- slang To install eavesdropping equipment.
- To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
- To equip with wires for use with electricity.
- To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
- To make someone tense or psyched-up.
- To string on a wire.
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