String vs. Wire

Stringnoun

(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Stringnoun

(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.

Stringnoun

(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

Stringnoun

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

Stringnoun

(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

Stringnoun

(countable) A series of items or events.

Stringnoun

(countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

Stringnoun

(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

Stringnoun

A group of racehorses kept at one track.

Stringnoun

An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Stringnoun

A stringed instrument.

Stringnoun

The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Stringnoun

(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

Stringnoun

The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Stringnoun

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana.

Stringnoun

Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Stringnoun

The points made in a game of billiards.

Stringnoun

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

Stringnoun

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

Stringnoun

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

Stringnoun

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

Stringnoun

(shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

Stringnoun

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

Stringnoun

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Stringnoun

(architecture) A stringcourse.

Stringnoun

A hoax; a fake story.

Stringverb

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

Stringverb

(transitive) To put strings on (something).

Stringverb

(intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Stringnoun

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

Stringnoun

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

Stringnoun

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

Stringnoun

The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.

Stringnoun

The line or cord of a bow.

Stringnoun

A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

Stringnoun

A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

Stringnoun

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

Stringnoun

The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

Stringnoun

A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Stringnoun

Same as Stringcourse.

Stringnoun

The points made in a game.

Stringnoun

In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.

Stringnoun

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; - called also string line.

Stringnoun

A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.

Stringnoun

a sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway.

Stringnoun

A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10-33 cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also string theory.

Stringverb

To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

Stringverb

To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.

Stringverb

To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

Stringverb

To make tense; to strengthen.

Stringverb

To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.

Stringverb

To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding.

Stringverb

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Stringnoun

a lightweight cord

Stringnoun

stringed instruments that are played with a bow;

Stringnoun

a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

Stringnoun

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;

Stringnoun

a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

Stringnoun

a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;

Stringnoun

a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

Stringnoun

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

Stringverb

thread on or as if on a string;

Stringverb

add as if on a string;

Stringverb

move or come along

Stringverb

stretch out or arrange like a string

Stringverb

string together; tie or fasten with a string;

Stringverb

remove the stringy parts of;

Stringverb

provide with strings;

Wirenoun

(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

Wirenoun

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

Wirenoun

A metal conductor that carries electricity.

Wirenoun

A fence made of usually barbed wire.

Wirenoun

(sports) A finish line of a racetrack.

Wirenoun

(informal) A telecommunication wire or cable

Wirenoun

(by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.

Wirenoun

(slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

Wirenoun

(informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.

Wirenoun

(billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

Wirenoun

Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.

Wirenoun

A pickpocket who targets women.

Wirenoun

(slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.

Wirenoun

(Scotland) A knitting needle.

Wireverb

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

Wireverb

To string on a wire.

Wireverb

To equip with wires for use with electricity.

Wireverb

To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

Wireverb

To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.

Wireverb

To make someone tense or psyched up.

Wireverb

(slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.

Wireverb

To snare by means of a wire or wires.

Wireverb

To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Wirenoun

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.

Wirenoun

A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.

Wirenoun

The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;

Wirenoun

One who picks women's pockets.

Wirenoun

A knitting needle.

Wirenoun

A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.

Wireverb

To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.

Wireverb

To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.

Wireverb

To snare by means of a wire or wires.

Wireverb

To send (a message) by telegraph.

Wireverb

To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Wireverb

to equip with a system of wiring, especially for supply of electrical power or communication; as, to wire an office for networking the computers; to wire a building with 220-Volt current.

Wireverb

to equip with an electronic system for eavesdropping; to bug; as, to wire the office of a mob boss; to wire an informant so as to record his conversations.

Wireverb

To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.

Wireverb

To send a telegraphic message.

Wirenoun

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

Wirenoun

a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

Wirenoun

the finishing line on a racetrack

Wirenoun

a message transmitted by telegraph

Wireverb

provide with electrical circuits;

Wireverb

send cables, wires, or telegrams

Wireverb

fasten with wire;

Wireverb

string on a wire;

Wireverb

equip for use with electricity;

Wire

A wire is a single usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads or electricity and telecommunications signals.