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44 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• wire n. (Uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
• wire n. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
• wire n. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
• wire n. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
• wire n. (Sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
• wire n. (Informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
• wire n. (By extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
• wire n. (Slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining…
• wire n. (Informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
• wire n. (Billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
• wire n. (Usually in the plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence…
• wire n. (Archaic, thieves’ slang) A pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
• wire n. (Slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
• wire n. (Scotland) A knitting needle.
• wire n. The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
• wire v. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
• wire v. To string on a wire.
• wire v. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
• wire v. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires…
• wire v. (Figuratively, usually passive) To set or predetermine (someone’s personality or behaviour, or an organization’s…
• wire v. To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly…
• wire v. (Slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
• wire v. (Slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
• wire v. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
• wire v. (Transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
• Wire prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Javanese
  • wire rom. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦫꦺ.
• Lovono
  • wire n. Water, fresh water.
  • wire n. River, stream.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • wire n. Alternative spelling of vaier.

— English word, defined in German —

• wire S. Draht, Anschlusskabel.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• wire n. Draad.

— English words, defined in French —

• wire n. Fil métallique.
• wire v. Câbler.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• wire s. Cable.
• wire s. Alambre.
• wire v. Cablear.
• wire v. Alambrar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• wire s. Arame.
• wire s. Fio, cabo.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• wire s. Filo, cavo.
• wire s. Cablare.
• wire s. Legare con filo.
• wire s. Inviare un bonifico bancario.

179 English words from 30 English definitions

above adjective also Alternative and another Any Archaic as␣if ball barbed barbed␣wire beads behaviour being between Billiards birds bottles By␣extension by␣means␣of cable card card␣game carries certain cheating conductor connect corks covert critical croquet deadline device die drawn eavesdropping electric electricity else embed endpoint equip equipment especially even extension fasten fence fencing Figuratively finish finish␣line for formed formerly fresh fresh␣water funds game hence hidden hole horizontally hung include incorporate Informal install into is␣used␣to keep keep␣score knitting knitting␣needle line listening made made␣of make material means message metal monetary near needle now obtaining of␣a of␣an one on␣the operate operative organization passive people person personality pickpocket piece place plumage plural predetermine prevents psyched psyched␣up puppet puppets puppet␣show purposes racetrack reference River rod Romanization score Scotland See See␣also send sent set shaft shot show signal slang slender snare someone something something␣else so␣that spelling Sports steel stream string string␣on strung successful such surname system table targets telecommunication telecommunications telegram telegraph tense that the thieves thin thread through Transitive Uncountable undercover use used used␣to usually water which who wicket wine wine␣bottles wire wired wires with women

7 English words from 14 foreign definitions

Alambre Arame Cable con Fil filo Legare

11 foreign words from 14 foreign definitions

Alambrar bancario bonifico Cablear Câbler cabo cavo Draad Draht Fio métallique

215 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

wired wirer wires Wires wire␣fu wire␣in wirers wire␣gun wireman Wireman wiremen wire␣nut wire␣off wiretap wire-tap wire␣tap wireway wireable wire␣away wire␣bail wireball wirebird wire␣copy wired␣off wiredraw wiredrew wire␣edge wireform wire␣guns wirehair wirehead wire-heel wireless wirelike wireline Wiremans wire␣nuts wirepull wireroom wire␣rope wires␣off wiresome wirestem wire␣stem wiretaps wire-taps wire␣taps wireways wireweed wire␣wool +165 words

128 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Dwires K-wires swires twired twires biwired dewired dewires rewired rewirer rewires unwired unwires bob␣wires flywires fly-wires guywires guy-wires guy␣wires haywires hotwired hot-wired hotwires hot-wires miswired miswires prewired prewires rewirers tie␣wires zipwires zip-wires zip␣wires archwires barbwires barb-wires barb␣wires body␣wires bondwires firewires Goldwires hardwired hard-wired hard␣wired hardwires hard-wires highwires high-wires high␣wires livewires live-wires live␣wires +76 words

111 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Dwire K-wire swire Swire twire by␣wire dewire rewire unwire bobwire bob␣wire Fedwire flywire fly-wire guywire guy-wire guy␣wire haywire hotwire hot-wire miswire prewire tie␣wire X-by-wire zipwire zip-wire zip␣wire archwire barbwire barb-wire barb␣wire body␣wire bondwire firewire fuse␣wire Goldwire hardwire hard-wire highwire high-wire high␣wire livewire live-wire live␣wire nanowire newswire news␣wire page␣wire softwire thinwire +61 words

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ire IrE IRE Ire.

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Eri.

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

weir Weir wier

40 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Dwire Erwin K-wire rewin Rewis rowie Swier swire Swire twier twire Weier weird WEIRD weïrd weirs wider wierd wiers Wiers wiery Wiker Wiler Wimer winer Winer wiper wired wirer wires Wires wiser Wiser Wrice wride wried wrier wries wrine write

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

eir EIR Eri. erw ERW -ier ire IrE IRE Ire. rei rew Rew rie Rie RIE Wei wer WER Wie

51 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

aire Aire -aire cire dire Eire Éire fire FIRE gire Gire hire Hire lire mire Mire N.Ire. sire tire vire ware Ware -ware were we're were- wh*re wide -wide wife wike Wike wile Wile wine Wine WINE wipe Wirt wiry wise Wise WISE -wise wite wive wize wore WORE wyre Wyre

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ire IrE IRE Ire. Wie

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