taut
loose
fine, thin
thick
flexible, soft
stiff
rusty
metal, steel, etc.
baling (AmE), barbed, chicken (= wire mesh used to make fences), razor
piano
perimeter
trip (usually tripwire)
The bomb was attached to a tripwire laid across the road.

high (= in a circus)
One man rode a bicycle along the high wire as the climax to the act.

length, piece, strand
coil, roll
coils of barbed wire

cut
They cut the perimeter wire and escaped.

bend, twist
stretch, string
The wire was stretched between two poles.

be surrounded by, be topped with, be wrapped in
a fence topped with razor wire

mesh, netting (esp. BrE)
basket, brush, cage, fence, fencing, frame, hanger, rack
wire coat hangers
Cool the cakes on a wire rack.

behind a/the wire
Behind the wire, the prisoners were exercising.

under a/the wire
We got in under the wire.

electric, electrical, electricity (esp. BrE)
Don't place carpets over electrical wires.
overhead electricity wires

earth (BrE), ground (AmE), live, neutral
Don't touch that wire. It's live.

overhead
telegraph, telephone
fuse
bare, exposed
Watch out for bare wires.

insulated, plastic-coated
frayed
copper, silver, etc.
14-gauge, 20-gauge, etc. (esp. AmE)

attach, connect
The wire was attached to a pin in the plug.

disconnect
He disconnected the wire from the clock.

run
The electrician ran a wire from the kitchen to the bedroom.

go, lead, run, trail
Where does this wire go?
There were wires trailing everywhere.

dangle, protrude, stick out

along a/the wire, down a/the wire
the flow of electrical current down a wire

a tangle of wires
I found myself tripping over a tangle of wires and cables.