Antonyms for
wires
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
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No Antonyms Found for Wires

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All Definitions for Wires

Below are all the dictionary definitions of wires:

1Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
2A piece of such material
3A thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
4A metal conductor that carries electricity.
5A fence made of usually barbed wire.
6A finish line of a racetrack.
7A telecommunication wire or cable.
8An electric telegraph
9A telegram.
10A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
11A deadline or critical endpoint.
12A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
13Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show
14Hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization
15Strings.
16A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
17A knitting needle.
18The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
19To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
20To string on a wire.
21To equip with wires for use with electricity.
22To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
23To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
24To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
25To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
26To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
27To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
28To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
29To install eavesdropping equipment.
30To snare by means of a wire or wires.
31To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
32A pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
33A surname.
34Clipping of wire service and/or newswire.

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About antonyms for wires

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