A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); uncountable such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper (US vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
dated form of chord|nodot=1: musical sense.
misspelling of chord|nodot=1: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
To furnish with cords
To tie or fasten with cords
To flatten a book during binding
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
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.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A telecommunication wire or cable
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
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.
A women.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
A knitting needle.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To string on a wire.
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
To make someone tense or psyched up.
To install eavesdropping equipment.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
