Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 40 compound words that contain wires. The most common are listed below. Open wires in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- cross the wiresOf a news story: to break; to be published.
- crossed the wiressimple past and past participle of cross the wires
- crosses the wiresthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the wires: Of a news story: to break; to be published.
- crossing the wirespresent participle and gerund of cross the wires
- pull the wiresSynonym of pull strings: To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
- pulled the wiressimple past and past participle of pull the wires
- pulling the wirespresent participle and gerund of pull the wires
- crossed wiressimple past and past participle of cross wires
- cross wiresTo cause difficulty; to interact in a way that generates conflict.
- pulls the wiresthird-person singular simple present indicative of pull the wires: To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
- guy-wiresplural of guy-wire
- hot-wiresthird-person singular simple present indicative of hot-wire: To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring.
- K-wiresplural of K-wire: A sterilized, sharpened, smooth stainless steel pin, used in orthopaedics and other types of medical and veterinary surgery to hold bone fragments together or to provide an anchor for skeletal traction.
- live wiresplural of live wire: An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
- news wiresplural of news wire: A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.
- get one's wires crossedTo get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.
- bob wiresplural of bob wire: Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
- body wiresplural of body wire: The insulated wire that runs under a fencer's jacket, connecting the Electrical Competition weapon to the reel, and thence to the scoring machine.
- bridge wiresplural of bridge wire: Alternative spelling of bridgewire (“pyrotechnic component”).
- C wiresplural of C wire: An electrical wire in a residential building etc. that connects to the neutral point of the power supply and can be used to return to the origin of the circuit and thus used for grounding.
- cheese wiresplural of cheese wire: A strong fine wire able to cut through cheese easily. Normally with either a wooden handle at each end, or fixed to a board at one end, with a wooden handle at the other.
- chicken wiresplural of chicken wire: A mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.
- common wiresplural of common wire: An electrical wire in a residential building etc. that connects to the neutral point of the power supply and can be used to return to the origin of the circuit and thus used for grounding.
- conducting wiresplural of conducting wire: Any metal wire used to carry electricity over a short or long distance.
- contact wiresplural of contact wire: A bare wire conducting electricity, often the lower part of the catenary, which comes into contact with a raised pantograph or other form of current collector.
Compound words 40
- multiwiresMultiple wires.
- newswiresplural of newswire: A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.
- nanowiresplural of nanowire: A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.
- earwiresplural of earwire: A bow of wire, looped to fasten an earring to a pierced ear.
- hotwiresthird-person singular simple present indicative of hotwire: To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring.
- pseudowiresplural of pseudowire: An emulation of a point-to-point connection over a packet-switching network.
- archwiresplural of archwire: An orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch.
- autowiresthird-person singular simple present indicative of autowire: To resolve and inject a dependency automatically, without explicit configuration.
- barbwiresplural of barbwire: Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
- bondwiresplural of bondwire: A wire that connects the components of an integrated circuit