noun

1. metal that has been drawn into a very long, thin thread or rod, usually circular in cross section
2. a length of this, used for various purposes, such as conducting electric current or stringing musical instruments
3. wire netting or other wirework
4. anything made of wire or wirework, as a telephone cable, a barbed-wire fence, or a snare
5. 1. telegraph reply by wire
   2. a telegram
6. Slang a concealed microphone or recording device, carried or worn as for espionage or by undercover police
7. ☆ Horse Racing a wire above the finish line of a race

Etymology: ME < OE wir, akin to LowG wīr < IE *weir- < base *wei-, to bend, turn > withe, Gr iris, rainbow, L vitis, vine

adjective

transitive verb wired, wiring wir′·ing

1. to furnish, connect, bind, attach, string, etc. with a wire or wires
2. to supply with a system of wires for electric current
3. to telegraph
4. Archaic to snare with a wire or wires

intransitive verb