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# wire

noun (wire, wires); verb (wire, wires, wired, wiring)

«wire» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wire is a long thin piece of metal that can bend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#m1)
2. An electric wire carries electricity, often inside a plastic cover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#m2)
3. To wire something is to put in wires for electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#m3)
4. «Wired» in speech can mean very excited and awake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a length cut into equal pieces or bent into a shape (the wire's length is the perimeter). In science: wires in an electric circuit carry current from the battery to the bulb; copper wire conducts electricity, plastic covers insulate. In everyday life: a wire fence, a coat hanger, phone cables. Phrases: «electric wire», «wire fence», «barbed wire», «down to the wire» (until the very end).

### Examples

- She has 60 cm of wire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x1)
- He cut the wire into 5 equal pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x2)
- A square is made from 40 cm of wire. How long is each side? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x3)
- Each fence needs 20 meters of wire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x4)
- Connect the bulb to the battery with two wires. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x5)
- The wire is covered in plastic to keep us safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x6)
- The cows stay inside the wire fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x7)
- The race went right down to the wire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x8)
- Instead of ropes it had wires for rigging, and musicians played on them with fiddle bows and made lovely music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/#x9)

### Note

Countable for pieces («a wire»), uncountable for the material («some wire», «a roll of wire»). Maths: cutting into equal pieces divides; bending wire into a shape — the wire's length is the perimeter. Safety: never touch wires that come out of a wall or a broken plug.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wire/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wire.html) on Mova free.