noun

• (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
  "Holonyms: cable; wiring harness; wire wool"
• (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
• (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
  "The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire."
• (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
  "Another letter. "Friedrichswerks, Hamburg, Germany. We beg to acknowledge receipt of order for fifteen thousand Robots." [Telephone rings.] Hello! This is the Central Office. Yes. Certainly. Well, send them a wire. Good. [Hangs up telephone.] Where did I leave off?"

verb

• (figuratively, usually passive) To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
  "There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired."
• (slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
  "Coffee late at night wires me good and proper."
• (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
  "We wired the suspect's house."
• (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.