(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. / A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. / To string on a wire. / To equip with wires for use with electricity.

Finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze.

A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc.

To scrub with a wire brush.

A hexagonal network of interwoven wire used in fencing; chicken wire.

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires. / Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.

simple past tense and past participle of wire

(horse racing) Across the finish line. / (idiomatic) At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.

(uncountable) A mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.