WIRING

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

Example: "We need to wire that hole in the fence."

To string on a wire.

Example: "Wire beads"

To equip with wires for use with electricity.

Example: "Do you know how to wire a plug?"

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

Example: "I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."

(usually passive) to fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.

Example: "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.

Example: "The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station."

To make someone tense or psyched up. see also adjective wired.

Example: "Coffee late at night wires me good and proper."

To install eavesdropping equipment.

Example: "We wired the suspect's house."

To snare by means of a wire or wires.

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