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wiredraw

American

[wahyuhr-draw] / ˈwaɪərˌdrɔ /

verb (used with object)

wiredrew, wiredrawn, wiredrawing

to draw (metal) out into wire, especially by pulling forcibly through a series of holes of gradually decreasing diameter in a succession of dies.
to draw out to great length, in quantity or time; stretch out to excess.
to strain unwarrantably, as in meaning.

wiredraw British

/ ˈwaɪəˌdrɔː /

verb

to convert (metal) into wire by drawing through successively smaller dies

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Other Word Forms

wiredrawer noun

Etymology

Origin of wiredraw

1590–1600; back formation from wiredrawer; wire, drawer

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