Wire vs. Cable

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.

Cablenoun

(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.

Cablenoun

A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

Cablenoun

An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.

Cablenoun

An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.

Cablenoun

(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.

Cablenoun

(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

Cablenoun

Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.

Cablenoun

A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

Cablenoun

(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.

Cablenoun

100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.

Cablenoun

(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.

Cablenoun

(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.

Cableverb

(transitive) To provide with cable(s)

Cableverb

(transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)

Cableverb

(transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable

Cableverb

(transitive) To send a telegram by cable

Cableverb

(intransitive) To communicate by cable

Cableverb

To ornament with cabling.

Cablenoun

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

Cablenoun

A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

Cablenoun

A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; - called also cable molding.

Cableverb

To fasten with a cable.

Cableverb

To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

Cableverb

To telegraph by a submarine cable

Cablenoun

a telegram sent abroad

Cablenoun

a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

Cablenoun

a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

Cablenoun

a nautical unit of depth

Cablenoun

television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

Cablenoun

a television system transmitted over cables

Cableverb

send cables, wires, or telegrams

Cableverb

fasten with a cable;