Definition of "wire" []

• 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. (noun)
• A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable. (noun)
• Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness. (noun)
• An open telephone connection. (noun)
• Slang A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Let us put this in ordinary phrase, and say that in a wire through which a current is passing there is a magnetic attraction, and that the "pull" is always _straight toward the wire_."
• "Mr. MILLS: The first 10 or 15 tiers we just laid in a circle and then as we got up above that, we started using what we call wire ties to tie them together."
• "When you hear the word wire, your mind probably wanders to jewelry, baskets or the latest in technology."