"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 with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 16 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 64 19 18
  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. Categories (topical): Ceramics
    Sense id: en-wire_off-en-verb-rhifmB8q

Inflected forms

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