Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of wire is as below...

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

Pick :: Pick (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.

Wire :: Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.

Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..

Twire :: Twire (v. i.) To sing, or twitter..

Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub..

Aphlogistic :: Aphlogistic (a.) Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame..

Comb :: Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

File :: File (n.) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order..

Card :: Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back..

Cannulated :: Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle..

Snare :: Snare (n.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion..

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Electrode :: Electrode (n.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current..

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer..

Wire-worker :: Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire.

Hairpin :: Hairpin (n.) A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women..

Terminal :: Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole..

Wire-heel :: Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

Finger :: Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion..

Random Fonts

Most Popular