train vs wire

train

noun
  • The tail of a bird. 

  • A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc. 

  • A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence. 

  • A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail. 

  • A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers. 

  • A group or class of people. 

  • A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. 

  • A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder. 

  • A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together. 

  • A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. 

  • The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake. 

  • The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege. 

  • An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape. 

  • A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake. 

  • A series of electrical pulses. 

  • The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. 

  • A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. 

  • A software release schedule. 

verb
  • To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending. 

  • To improve one's fitness. 

  • To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game). 

  • To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone). 

  • To proceed in sequence. 

  • To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction. 

  • To practice an ability. 

  • To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head. 

wire

noun
  • The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds. 

  • 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 piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. 

  • A knitting needle. 

  • Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. 

  • 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 fence made of usually barbed wire. 

  • A deadline or critical endpoint. 

  • A metal conductor that carries electricity. 

  • A finish line of a racetrack. 

  • A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score. 

  • A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game. 

verb
  • To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph. 

  • To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. 

  • To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. 

  • To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way. 

  • To string on a wire. 

  • To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring. 

  • To snare by means of a wire or wires. 

  • To install eavesdropping equipment. 

  • To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired. 

  • To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing). 

  • To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves). 

  • To equip with wires for use with electricity. 

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