Wire
noun
A thin, flexible thread of metal.
We used a wire to hang the picture on the wall.
Often appears as...
- telephone wire
- steel wire
noun
A piece of equipment for sending messages or computer data from one place to another.
He ran a wire from the computer to the printer.
Often appears as...
- network wire
- data wire
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To add wires to a device or structure for electricity or telecommunications.
He wired the house for internet.
Often appears as...
- wire the room
- wire the building
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To send a message by telegraph.
She wired a message to her family.
Often appears as...
- wire for help
- wire the news
noun
A thin, flexible thread of metal.
We used a wire to hang the picture on the wall.
Often appears as...
- telephone wire
- steel wire
noun
A piece of equipment for sending messages or computer data from one place to another.
He ran a wire from the computer to the printer.
Often appears as...
- network wire
- data wire
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To add wires to a device or structure for electricity or telecommunications.
He wired the house for internet.
Often appears as...
- wire the room
- wire the building
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To send a message by telegraph.
She wired a message to her family.
Often appears as...
- wire for help
- wire the news
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Material Matters
The metal type can change wire's use and connotation.
Guitar strings are often made of steel wire for durability.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Flexibility
Wire is bendable, which makes it useful for various applications.
You can shape a wire into a hook to hang your keys.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Setup
Wires are often concealed inside devices or walls.
The electrician routed the wires behind the drywall.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Matters
The metal type can change wire's use and connotation.
Guitar strings are often made of steel wire for durability.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Flexibility
Wire is bendable, which makes it useful for various applications.
You can shape a wire into a hook to hang your keys.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Setup
Wires are often concealed inside devices or walls.
The electrician routed the wires behind the drywall.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Matters
The metal type can change wire's use and connotation.
Guitar strings are often made of steel wire for durability.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Flexibility
Wire is bendable, which makes it useful for various applications.
You can shape a wire into a hook to hang your keys.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Setup
Wires are often concealed inside devices or walls.
The electrician routed the wires behind the drywall.
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
little bits of matter running around they don't need any instructions I forgot to tell you there are no wires all there is is a rotating magnetic field you can do something a little bit more exciting which is turned into a marching army these little things will just do their thing forever you come back the next day
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Jealousy Bites PIPE Brain...
happy there's a good reason that dogs are wired to get worried when they aren't getting all the attention one possibility is that jealousy evolved in species that have multiple young competing for parental resources such as food care and affection being a little whiny can seriously improve your odds
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If superpowers were...
where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans, including flying cops ready to hand you a ticket if you don't follow the flying rules, buddy.
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The power of vulnerabilit...
"You know what? You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging." That's our job. Show me a generation of kids raised like that, and we'll end the problems, I think, that we see today. We pretend that what we do doesn't have an effect on people.
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The science of...
This synchronous firing strengthens the connections between that set of neurons, linking them together into what's known as a neuronal ensemble, in this case the one for pineapple. In neuroscience, this is called the Hebbian principle, neurons that fire together wire together.
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The networked beauty of...
And finally, and most importantly, use your own very clever, brilliant, neural and social networks to create amazing messages, and spread the word that forests are worth saving because you're worth saving, and I believe that together we're all wired for healing.
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Marisa Fick-Jordan: The...
Soon we had outgrown the scrap yards, what they could provide, so we coerced a wire manufacturer to help us, and not only to supply the materials on bobbins, but to produce to our color specifications. At the same time, I was thinking, well,
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This could be why you're...
It's like a glitch in a computer program, it's just a wiring problem in your head." But I was only able to start changing my life when I realized your depression is not a malfunction. It's a signal. Your depression is a signal.
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Vicious Piranha Moments...
a chunk of meat to an underwater camera with the underwater camera wired to a monitor on the boat charlie can get an otter's eye view of the murky world beneath him
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Watch Out for Polar...
nearly invisible wire rigged with explosives layers will protect them
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
little bits of matter running around they don't need any instructions I forgot to tell you there are no wires all there is is a rotating magnetic field you can do something a little bit more exciting which is turned into a marching army these little things will just do their thing forever you come back the next day
Video examples
Jealousy Bites PIPE Brain...
happy there's a good reason that dogs are wired to get worried when they aren't getting all the attention one possibility is that jealousy evolved in species that have multiple young competing for parental resources such as food care and affection being a little whiny can seriously improve your odds
Video examples
If superpowers were...
where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans, including flying cops ready to hand you a ticket if you don't follow the flying rules, buddy.
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
"You know what? You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging." That's our job. Show me a generation of kids raised like that, and we'll end the problems, I think, that we see today. We pretend that what we do doesn't have an effect on people.
Video examples
The science of...
This synchronous firing strengthens the connections between that set of neurons, linking them together into what's known as a neuronal ensemble, in this case the one for pineapple. In neuroscience, this is called the Hebbian principle, neurons that fire together wire together.
Video examples
The networked beauty of...
And finally, and most importantly, use your own very clever, brilliant, neural and social networks to create amazing messages, and spread the word that forests are worth saving because you're worth saving, and I believe that together we're all wired for healing.
Video examples
Marisa Fick-Jordan: The...
Soon we had outgrown the scrap yards, what they could provide, so we coerced a wire manufacturer to help us, and not only to supply the materials on bobbins, but to produce to our color specifications. At the same time, I was thinking, well,
Video examples
This could be why you're...
It's like a glitch in a computer program, it's just a wiring problem in your head." But I was only able to start changing my life when I realized your depression is not a malfunction. It's a signal. Your depression is a signal.
Video examples
Vicious Piranha Moments...
a chunk of meat to an underwater camera with the underwater camera wired to a monitor on the boat charlie can get an otter's eye view of the murky world beneath him
Video examples
Watch Out for Polar...
nearly invisible wire rigged with explosives layers will protect them
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
If your parents only listen to jazz or folk, you're like one of those trees you see in botanic gardens that have wire frames on them - you grow into that shape, you follow it or you have to break away from it. But I didn't have influences to embrace or kick against - I also had no idea what anything was.
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John Cusack
American Actor
Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.
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Guy Spier
South African Businessman
We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.
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Renee Elise Goldsberry
American Actress
It doesn't matter how late you get home or how wired you are, you still wake up early with your kids. That's the most important thing you do in a day, whether or not you're in a hit Broadway show.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I wake up naturally and begrudgingly around 6:10 A.M. That's wired in so deeply that I wake up at that time no matter where I am, in any time zone. I wish I could sleep later.
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Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.
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Shaun Ryder
My brain gets about 10 things going on at once and the wires don't connect. They all go, 'It's the drugs,' and it's not. I have been like this all my life.
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King Diamond
Danish Musician
I have a braided metal wire going down the middle of my chest underneath my skin. I saw it on an X-ray of it; it looks like a piece of jewelry.
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Carson Wentz
American Athlete
All men are wired to be in control of what's going on in their life.
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Ben Rhodes
American Public Servant
The world order and American actions in the world have deep wiring.
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KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
If your parents only listen to jazz or folk, you're like one of those trees you see in botanic gardens that have wire frames on them - you grow into that shape, you follow it or you have to break away from it. But I didn't have influences to embrace or kick against - I also had no idea what anything was.
Quote examples
John Cusack
American Actor
Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.
Quote examples
Guy Spier
South African Businessman
We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.
Quote examples
Renee Elise Goldsberry
American Actress
It doesn't matter how late you get home or how wired you are, you still wake up early with your kids. That's the most important thing you do in a day, whether or not you're in a hit Broadway show.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I wake up naturally and begrudgingly around 6:10 A.M. That's wired in so deeply that I wake up at that time no matter where I am, in any time zone. I wish I could sleep later.
Quote examples
Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.
Quote examples
Shaun Ryder
My brain gets about 10 things going on at once and the wires don't connect. They all go, 'It's the drugs,' and it's not. I have been like this all my life.
Quote examples
King Diamond
Danish Musician
I have a braided metal wire going down the middle of my chest underneath my skin. I saw it on an X-ray of it; it looks like a piece of jewelry.
Quote examples
Carson Wentz
American Athlete
All men are wired to be in control of what's going on in their life.
Quote examples
Ben Rhodes
American Public Servant
The world order and American actions in the world have deep wiring.
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