English dictionary: words starting with wir

Meanings of Wire:

noun

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

Usage examples:

A coil of copper wire

verb

Install electric circuits or wires in.

Usage examples:

Wiring a plug

Meanings of Wire up:

noun

Thin metal that can be bent, used in a stiff form in fences and in a form more easily shaped for fastening things or for carrying electric currents

Usage examples:

[ c ] telephone wires, [ u ] there was a six-foot high wire fence around the playground., my father…

Meanings of Wirebird:

noun

A small plover, charadrius sanctaehelenae, found only on the dry grassland of st helena in the south atlantic.

Meanings of Wired:

adjective

Making use of computers to transfer or receive information, especially by means of the internet.

Usage examples:

The economic arguments for getting your business wired

verb

Install electric circuits or wires in.

Usage examples:

Wiring a plug

Meanings of Wiredraw:

verb

Draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate.

Usage examples:

They knew how to beat tin and how to wire-draw copper

Meanings of Wiredrawing:

verb

Draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate.

Usage examples:

They knew how to beat tin and how to wire-draw copper

Meanings of Wiredrawn:

verb

Draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate.

Usage examples:

They knew how to beat tin and how to wire-draw copper

Meanings of Wiredraws:

verb

Draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate.

Usage examples:

They knew how to beat tin and how to wire-draw copper

Meanings of Wiredrew:

verb

Draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate.

Usage examples:

They knew how to beat tin and how to wire-draw copper

Meanings of Wireframe:

noun

A 3-d digital model of something in which only lines are shown and where they join

Meanings of Wiregrass:

noun

A grass with tough wiry stems.

Meanings of Wirehaired:

adjective

(especially of a dog breed) having stiff or wiry hair.

Usage examples:

A wire-haired terrier

noun

A type of dog from hungary that is used in hunting, and that has thick red-brown or yellow-brown fur

Usage examples:

The wirehaired vizsla is a distinct breed from the vizsla, with the main difference between the two…

Meanings of Wireless:

adjective

Using radio, microwaves, etc. (as opposed to wires or cables) to transmit signals.

Usage examples:

Wireless broadband

noun

A radio.

Usage examples:

Listening to the news on the wireless

Meanings of Wirelessed:

adjective

Sent or received by wireless telegraphy or telephony; radioed.

Meanings of Wirelesses:

noun

A radio.

Usage examples:

Listening to the news on the wireless

adjective

Using radio, microwaves, etc. (as opposed to wires or cables) to transmit signals.

Usage examples:

Wireless broadband

Meanings of Wirelessly:

adverb

Using radio, microwaves, etc. (as opposed to wires or cables) to transmit signals.

Usage examples:

The phone connects wirelessly to a laptop

Meanings of Wireman:

noun

An installer or repairer of electric wiring.

Usage examples:

A journeyman electrician or wireman will still be responsible for answering to the job foreman, con…

Meanings of Wiremen:

noun

An installer or repairer of electric wiring.

Usage examples:

A journeyman electrician or wireman will still be responsible for answering to the job foreman, con…

Meanings of Wirephoto:

noun

The transmission of an image over a telephone line; an image transmitted in this way.

Meanings of Wirephotos:

noun

The transmission of an image over a telephone line; an image transmitted in this way.

Meanings of Wirepuller:

noun

A person, especially a politician, who exerts control or influence from behind the scenes.

Usage examples:

These same wirepullers then used the government to push the interstate highway system on the country.

Meanings of Wirepullers:

noun

A person, especially a politician, who exerts control or influence from behind the scenes.

Usage examples:

These same wirepullers then used the government to push the interstate highway system on the country.

Meanings of Wires:

noun

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

Usage examples:

A coil of copper wire

verb

Install electric circuits or wires in.

Usage examples:

Wiring a plug

Meanings of Wiresmith:

noun

A person who makes metal into wire, especially by hammering.

Meanings of Wiretap:

noun

An act of using a listening device to conduct surveillance, typically over a phone line.

Usage examples:

Illegal wiretaps of leading politicians

verb

Use a listening device to conduct surveillance on.

Usage examples:

He illegally wiretapped people who were in disputes with his clients