[
  {
    "word": "wire",
    "phonetic": "/wa\u026a\u0259(\u0279)/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/wa\u026a\u0259(\u0279)/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8wa\u026a\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/wire-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=278940"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A metal conductor that carries electricity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fence made of usually barbed wire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A finish line of a racetrack.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A telecommunication wire or cable",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A deadline or critical endpoint.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This election is going to go right to the wire"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually in the plural) 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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to pull the wires for office"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A knitting needle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "barbed wire",
          "telegram",
          "telegraph",
          "conducting wire",
          "score string",
          "cable",
          "steel wire",
          "thread"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We need to wire that hole in the fence."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To string on a wire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "wire beads"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To equip with wires for use with electricity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Do you know how to wire a plug?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Coffee late at night wires me good and proper."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To install eavesdropping equipment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We wired the suspect's house."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To snare by means of a wire or wires.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "electrify",
          "cable",
          "telegraph"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "unwire"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wire"
    ]
  }
]