ETYM French filament, from Latin filum thread. Related to File a row.
1. A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current.
2. A threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells; SYN. filum.
3. The stalk of a stamen.

1. A complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.
2. A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
3. A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides).

ETYM Old Eng. wir, as. wir; akin to Icel. vîrr, Dan. vire, lg. wir, wire.
1. A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance; SYN. conducting wire.
2. Made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc.
3. The finishing line on a racetrack.