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wire [wires] (fence made of usually barbed wire) noun [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | filo spinatonoun |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | telegrafareverb |
wire [wires] (metal conductor that carries electricity) noun [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | cavonounThe man connected two wires. = L'uomo collegò due cavi. cavo elettriconoun filo elettriconoun |
wire [wires] (slang: hidden listening device on the person) noun [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | cimicenoun microspianoun |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (slang: to install eavesdropping equipment) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | |
wire [wires] (sports: finish line of a racetrack) noun [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | arrivonoun traguardonoun |
wire [wires] (thin thread of metal) noun [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | filonoun filo metalliconoun |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (to equip with wires for use with electricity) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | elettrificareverb |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (to fasten with wire) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (to make someone tense or psyched-up) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | avere nervi a fior di pelleverb eccitareverb gasareverb |
wire [wired, wiring, wires] (to string on a wire) verb [UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər] | infilzareverb |
wire cutters (hand tool) noun | tronchesenoun tronchese a taglio lateralenoun |
wire netting (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) noun [UK: ˈwaɪə.ˌne.tɪŋ] [US: ˈwaɪə.ˌne.tɪŋ] | |
wire stripper (small device to strip the insulation from electric wires) noun | pinza spelafilinoun pinza spellacavinoun spellacavinoun spellafilinoun |
wire transfer (electronic transfer of funds) noun | bonificonoun trasferimento bancarionoun |
wiretap [wiretaps] (covert connection) noun [UK: ˈwaɪərˌ.tæp] [US: ˈwaɪər.ˌtæp] | cimicenoun microspianoun |
wiretap (to install or to use such a device) verb [UK: ˈwaɪərˌ.tæp] [US: ˈwaɪər.ˌtæp] | intercettareverb spiareverb |
barbed wire (twisted strands of steel wire) noun [UK: bɑːbd ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈbɑːrbd ˈwaɪər] | filo spinatonoun |
down to the wire (at the very end) adverb | in dirittura d'arrivoadverb |
haywire (behaving erratically or uncontrollably) adjective [UK: ˈheɪ.waɪə(r)] [US: ˈheɪ.ˌwaɪr] | confusoadjective impazzitoadjective |
nanowire (wire whose width is of the order of nanometers) noun | nanofilonoun |
razor wire (a form of security wire) noun | nastro spinatonoun |