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wyer

wyer is the obsolete form of weir.

wyer is the obsolete form of wire.

Meaning of weir

Noun

weir (countable and uncountable, plural weirs)

  1. (countable) An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
    • Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, photo caption
  2. (countable) A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
    • The Taff is naturally a good salmon river, the Ely a sea trout river, but what with weirs and pollusions the fish have been pretty well exterminated.1879, Annual Report of the Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries, page 65
  3. (obsolete) Seaweed.

See all 13 meanings of weir

Meaning of wire

Noun

wire (countable and uncountable, plural wires)

  1. (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
    • Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool
    Synonyms:
    cable, steel wire, thread
  2. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
  3. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
    • That wire powers the lamp.
    Synonyms:
    conducting wire
  4. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
    Synonyms:
    barbed wire
  5. A finish line of a racetrack.
  6. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
    • The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

See all 28 meanings of wire

Proper noun capitalized: Wyer

Wyer (plural Wyers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of wyer

pluralWyers

Questions about wyer

What does wyer mean?
Wyer means a surname.
What is wyer the obsolete form of?
Wyer is the obsolete form of weir.
What part of speech is wyer?
Wyer is a proper noun.

Words near wyer in the dictionary

  1. wyeing
  2. Wyelangta
  3. Wyeld
  4. Wyelds
  5. Wyena
  6. wyer
  7. wyerone
  8. Wyers
  9. wyes
  10. Wyesham
  11. Wyeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wyer (page history and authors); Wyer (page history and authors); weir (page history and authors); wire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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