n.
   - metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread or rod. ▸a length or quantity of wire used for fencing, to carry an electric current, etc. ▸
(usu. the wire)
 N. Amer. Horse Racing  a wire stretched across and above the start and finish of a racecourse. 
- a concealed electronic listening device.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a telegram or cablegram.
v.
     - install electric circuits or wires in.
- provide, fasten, or reinforce with wire.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. send a telegram or cablegram to. ▸send (money) to (someone) by such means. 
- snare with wire.
- Croquet  obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a hoop.
Phrase
  
    - by wire
 by telegraph.
- down to the wire
 informal until the very last minute.
- under the wire
 N. Amer. informal just in time.
- wire-to-wire
 N. Amer. informal from start to finish.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE wīr; of Gmc origin, prob. from the base of L. viere ‘plait, weave’.