A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.
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A telegram or cablegram.
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A telegraph service.
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A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.
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A wire service.
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verb-transitive
Computer Science To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.
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Slang To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
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To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.
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To equip with a system of electrical wires.
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To send a telegram to.
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idiom
Down to the wire Informal To the very end, as in a race or contest.
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Under the wire Informal Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
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Under the wire Sports At the finish line.
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verb-intransitive
To send a telegram.
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verb
To provide with wire use wire on for a specific purpose.
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To send or send word to by telegraph.
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To connect by or as if by a wire.
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To predispose, determine, or establish genetically or innately.
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To send a telegraphic message.
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