From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wire \Wire\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
2: the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device
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