🇬🇧 Wire meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To wire something means to use a thin piece of metal, called wire, to tie or fasten things together so they stay connected and don’t come apart.

Uncle Joe wired the garden gate shut, then realized he had wired himself on the wrong side with the chickens.

During the play, someone wired the fake jail door shut, and the actors really couldn’t escape, which made the audience laugh extra hard.

Grandpa said he would wire the broken chair, but he wired it to the table, so now we have a chair-table monster.

Our neighbor wired the mailbox to the post, but for some reason also wired a rubber chicken to it as a guard.

The science teacher tried to wire the model rocket, but wired it to the trash can and almost launched our garbage into space.

An old farmer finds a roll and will wire the gate to keep a small hen safe. He will wire the latch, must wire the post, tries to wire the hinge tight, and will wire the final twist until the gate holds. The hen slips inside, clucks, and he breathes easy as the gate stays closed.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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