wye
noun
the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.
wye
1 American
[wahy]
/ waɪ /
noun
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wyes
plural
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the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.
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Electricity. a three-phase, Y -shaped circuit arrangement.
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Railroads. a track arrangement with three switches and three legs for reversing the direction of a train.
Wye
2
American
[wahy]
/ waɪ /
noun
Wye
British
/ waɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wye
First recorded in 1855–60; a spelling of the letter name
Example Sentences
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Out of the air Lenny's voice boomed, "Wye oh wye did I ever leave Wyoming?"
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Dead men don't alwyes mean they 've died—in a wye to cast reflections on the man that was with 'em.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
"Just our wye of 'aving a little joke, captain," he protested in a whine.
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by William MacLeod Raine
And she 's got brown 'air, and she 's a wye about 'er.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
Wye, wye, chir—'tis the little linnet sings; Weet, weet, weet—how his pipy treble trills!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
The riverbed of the River Wye in Hereford was seen bare after weeks without rainfall.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Emergency services were called to a popular bathing spot in Glasbury on the River Wye on Tuesday evening, following reports a "male had entered the water and could not be located".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Welsh Water is also one of the defendants in an ongoing civil case over pollution in the River Wye, where residents and businesses allege sewage discharges contributed to environmental damage.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Chepstow's Grade I listed Wye Bridge has been closed to vehicles since October after cracks were discovered in its structural beams, with no timeline given for it to reopen for cars.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Out of the air Lenny's voice boomed, "Wye oh wye did I ever leave Wyoming?"
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Most of us is what’s known as conservative, all for the big families and the old wyes.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
A born lydy she is, and ’ankerin’ after a lydy’s wyes, and with no one to learn ’em to ’er––” “But, good heavens, I can’t do that.”
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
“I’ve often ’eard as the wyes of Providence was strynge; but I ain’t so often ’eard as Providence ’ad got to myke ’em strynge to keep pyce with the wyes of men.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
They comes in different wyes the answers does.
From The Dawn of a To-morrow by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
I’ve always lived with the best people, and I suppose I ketch their wyes.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
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