Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity;
2.
the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wire \Wire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wiring.]
1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to;
as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
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2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
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3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
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4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
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5. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket
prevents a successful shot.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. to equip with a system of wiring, especially for supply of
electrical power or communication; as, to wire an office
for networking the computers; to wire a building with
220-Volt current.
[PJC]
7. to equip with an electronic system for eavesdropping; to
bug; as, to wire the office of a mob boss; to wire an
informant so as to record his conversations.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wiring \Wir"ing\, n.
1. The act of one that wires anything.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The wires or conductors employed in any system in which
electric voltages or current are transmitted between
components.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wiring
n 1: a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
2: the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or
device