wye

¹ American  

[wahy] / waɪ /

noun

plural

wyes

1. the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.

2. Electricity. a three-phase, Y -shaped circuit arrangement.

3. Railroads. a track arrangement with three switches and three legs for reversing the direction of a train.

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Wye ² American  

[wahy] / waɪ /

noun

1. a river flowing from central Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 130 miles (210 km) long.

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Wye British  

/ waɪ /

noun

1. a river in E Wales and W England, rising in Powys and flowing southeast into Herefordshire, then south to the Severn estuary. Length: 210 km (130 miles)

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Etymology

Origin of wye

First recorded in 1855–60; a spelling of the letter name

Example Sentences

Out of the air Lenny's voice boomed, "Wye oh wye did I ever leave Wyoming?"

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

“I may not know the very hidentical trick madam’d be in want of—’er bein’ a lydy, as you might sye—but I could put ’er in the wye of findin’ out.”

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

I don’t do it often—Oh, once in a wye, mybe—but that’s something madam speaks right already—just like all Americans.”

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

“Not till I’d gone ’alf wye upstairs and down agyne.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

It was about this wye when we first started on it.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley