dewire (English, verb)
expansion: dewire (third-person singular simple present dewires, present participle dewiring, simple past and past participle dewired)
Senses:
qualifier: tram or trolleybus
glosses: for the pantograph or trolley pole, etc to become unintentionally detached from or entangled with the overhead lines such that the power to the vehicle is lost.
tags: intransitive
usually
raw_tags: of a train
glosses: To remove wires from something; to dismantle a system of overhead lines.
Forms:
form: dewires
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dewiring
tags: participle
present
form: dewired
tags: participle
past
form: dewired
tags: past