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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD WIRE

dead wire  [dɛd waɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD WIRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dead wire is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEAD WIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dead wire in the English dictionary

The definition of dead wire in the dictionary is a wire that is not carrying current.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEAD WIRE


acquire
əˈkwaɪə
Araguaia
ˌɑːrəˈɡwaɪə
choir
kwaɪə
enquire
ɪnˈkwaɪə
esquire
ɪˈskwaɪə
FireWire
ˈfaɪəˌwaɪə
haywire
ˈheɪˌwaɪə
inquire
ɪnˈkwaɪə
microwire
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌwaɪə
newswire
ˈnjuːzˌwaɪə
prewire
priːˈwaɪə
quire
kwaɪə
require
rɪˈkwaɪə
rewire
riːˈwaɪə
squire
skwaɪə
swire
swaɪə
underwire
ˈʌndəˌwaɪə
wire
waɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD WIRE

dead marine
dead matter
dead men
dead on
dead point
dead president
dead reckoning
dead ringer
Dead Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
dead season
dead set
dead soldier
dead stock
dead time
dead to the world
dead weight
Dead White European Male
Dead White Male
dead zone

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD WIRE

barbed wire
cheese wire
chicken wire
copper wire
earth wire
fencing wire
fuse wire
get in under the wire
ground wire
high-tensile wire
high wire
hot-wire
live wire
number eight wire
razor wire
take it to the wire
telegraph wire
telephone wire
the wire
to the wire
trolley wire

Synonyms and antonyms of dead wire in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dead wire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD WIRE

Find out the translation of dead wire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead wire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead wire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alambre de muertos
570 millions of speakers

English

dead wire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत तार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سلك ميت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мертвых проволоки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fio mortos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত তারের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fil morts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wayar mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tot Draht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死んワイヤー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 와이어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati kawat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dây chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த கம்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत वायर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölü kablo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filo morto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

martwy drutu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мертвих дроту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sârmă mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρό σύρμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dooie draad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

död tråd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

døde ledning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead wire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD WIRE»

The term «dead wire» is used very little and occupies the 192.019 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD WIRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dead wire» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dead wire» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead wire

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD WIRE»

Discover the use of dead wire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead wire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The City Record
32 Ferry street, dead wire 2CO " No. 11 Ferry street, dead wire 300 " No. 23 Ferry street, dead wire 150 " No. 87 Leonard street, dead wire 300 " No. 91 Leonard street, dead wire 300 " No. 33 Park place, dead wire 100 " No. 31 Park place ...
New York (N.Y.), 1894
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The Southwestern Reporter
Another witness testified: That he assisted in hanging the wire in question; that the wire was laid back beyond the dead wire and stretched up. "We stretched them to this dip switch and stopped at a point a distance from the track which was  ...
3
Electrical World
... cross-arm and the other end attached to a discarded pole. The wire had been disconnected and forgotten for two years or more. Following is the laconic report turned in by the inspector: “Tree alive. Wire dead. Wire evidently killed by tree.
4
Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of ...
If we had stopped this live wire at the end of the dead wire, we would have trad possibly twelve feet to wrap back. It would have been just as practical to wrap this amount back as it v.as the little amount we did wrap back. The nips_ could have ...
Arkansas. Supreme Court, George W Williams, 1922
5
Telephone cables: a handbook of the design, construction and ...
Dead Wire: — That which cannot be used for subscriber purposes. It is the wire from the farthest subscriber on any cable pair to the outer end of the cable. Dead Wire Mileage per Station: — It is found by dividing the amount of dead wire ...
John Clifford Slippy, 1913
6
Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois
To effect this the dead wire was cut at pole 2 and the west end of that wire was fastened to the east end of the new wire. It was intended also to cut the dead wire at pole 1 and then use the section of that wire thus cut out as a hauling line to ...
Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, 1905
7
The physical papers of Henry Augustus Rowland ...: John ...
In the Siemens armature one cannot see immediately how much dead wire there will be, because it depends upon the length of the armature. The wire is wound around in that way (Fig. 9), and this portion (a a) is active, and this portion (6 6) is  ...
Henry Augustus Rowland, 1902
8
Annual Report
Amount of dead wire removed during the year Amount of dead wire removed from 1897 district Amount of dead wire retained .... Amount of dead wire in possession of department Amount of dead wire on band at beginning of year, Amount of ...
Boston (Mass.). Wire Dept, 1898
9
Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
By Senator Coqgeshall: Q. What is meant by a " dead wire ? " A. What is meant by dead wire is one that they have discontinued the use of. •> Q. How is that people are killed by coming in contact with a dead wire? A. They can not come in  ...
New York (State). Legislature. Senate, 1890
10
Testimony Taken Before the Senate Committee on Genral Laws ...
By Senator CocoEsHALL: Q. What is meant by a “ dead wire? ” A. What is meant by dead wire is one that they have discontinued the use of. Q. How is that people are killed by coming in contact with a dead wire '1' A. They can not come in ...
‎1890

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD WIRE»

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Cheat Sheet | From 'Trillium' to 'Catalyst Comix' to D23
But all he said was “the Purple Fountain, she's a real dead wire” and “stop worrying and love the bomb.” Hmm, cryptic. – Mark Kardwell. «Comic Book Resources, Aug 13»

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