wire

From Wiktionary
wire is on the Basic English 850 List.
winter - wire - wise

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
wire

Plural
wires

Stainless steel wire
  1. (countable & uncountable) A wire is a long, thin metal thing, mostly for the purpose of making a connection from electric power to a machine.
    A person cut the electric wire and all the machines in the building stopped.

Verb[change]

Plain form
wire

Third-person singular
wires

Past tense
wired

Past participle
wired

Present participle
wiring

  1. (transitive) To join a wire to something.
    They wired up all the machines in the building.