a thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.-a telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.-to bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.-to put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.-to snare by means of a wire or wires.-to send (a message) by telegraph.-to pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.-to send a telegraphic message.