"wire off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wires off [present, singular, third-person], wiring off [participle, present], wired off [participle, past], wired off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wire off (third-person singular simple present wires off, present participle wiring off, simple past and past participle wired off)
  1. To separate or close off by installing a wire barricade or fence, as around the perimeter.
    Sense id: en-wire_off-en-verb-VqRXOH3v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 7 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 7 7
  2. (dated) To send (a message) by wire. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-wire_off-en-verb-Aeyzz8yo
  3. (pottery) To separate and remove (a form) from a mass of clay using a cutting wire.
    Sense id: en-wire_off-en-verb-rhifmB8q Categories (other): Ceramics

Inflected forms

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        "To send (a message) by wire."
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        "(dated) To send (a message) by wire."
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        "To separate and remove (a form) from a mass of clay using a cutting wire."
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        "(pottery) To separate and remove (a form) from a mass of clay using a cutting wire."
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        "To send (a message) by wire."
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        "(dated) To send (a message) by wire."
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        "(pottery) To separate and remove (a form) from a mass of clay using a cutting wire."
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