electrify vs wire what difference
what is difference between electrify and wire
English
Etymology
From electric + -ify
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/
Verb
electrify (third-person singular simple present electrifies, present participle electrifying, simple past and past participle electrified)
- (transitive) To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.
- (transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
- (transitive) To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, railroad) for electric power.
- (transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
- Her performance in the play electrified the audience.
- 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II Chapter I
- If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus […] the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news.
- (intransitive) To become electric.
Derived terms
- electrification
Related terms
- electric
- electricity
Translations
Further reading
- electrify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- electrify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- electrify at OneLook Dictionary Search
English
Etymology
From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /waɪə(ɹ)/
- (US) enPR: wīʹər, wīr, IPA(key): /ˈwaɪɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Noun
wire (countable and uncountable, plural wires)
- (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
- A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
- A metal conductor that carries electricity.
- A fence made of usually barbed wire.
- (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
- (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
- (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
- (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
- (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
- (billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
- (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.
- to pull the wires for office
- (archaic, thieves’ slang) A pickpocket who targets women.
- (slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
- (Scotland) A knitting needle.
- The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
Synonyms
- (thin thread of metal): cable, steel wire, thread
- (metal conductor that carries electricity): conducting wire
- (fencing made of usually barbed wire): barbed wire
- (informal: telegraph): See telegraph
- (informal: message transmitted by telegraph): See telegram
- (object used to keep the score in billiards): score string
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- → Gulf Arabic: واير (wāyir)
See also
- filament
- hawser
- cable
Verb
wire (third-person singular simple present wires, present participle wiring, simple past and past participle wired)
- To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 222:
- I could see him in his plane flying low over the river or a reservoir, dropping the club out with a chunk of lead wired to the shaft.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 222:
- To string on a wire.
- To equip with wires for use with electricity.
- Do you know how to wire a plug?
- To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
- I’ll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
- (figuratively, usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone’s personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
- There’s no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That’s just the way she’s wired.
- To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
- (slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
- (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
- To snare by means of a wire or wires.
- (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
Synonyms
- (equip for use with electricity): electrify
- (informal: send a message or funds by telecommunications): cable, telegraph
Antonyms
- (to fasten with wire): unwire
Troponyms
- (to fasten with wire): rewire
- (equip for use with electricity): rewire
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Weir, weir, wier
Javanese
Romanization
wire
- Romanization of ꦮꦶꦫꦺ
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
wire m (definite singular wiren, indefinite plural wirer, definite plural wirene)
- Alternative spelling of vaier
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
wire m (definite singular wiren, indefinite plural wirar, definite plural wirane)
- Alternative spelling of vaier
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