wire-drawing
Pulling metal thinner
Wire-drawing is the process of pulling metal through progressively smaller holes to form wire—an industrial technique that produces everything from electrical cables to jewelry.
Figuratively, wire-drawing means stretching an argument or explanation too thin, drawing out distinctions until they become tediously fine: His wire-drawing of the contract's language exhausted everyone in the room.
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- mandrelAxle for machining
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- gaugeStandard of measurement
ductility · extrusion · annealing · spooling · tungsten · capstan · reduction · tensile
Extending in time
- tediousBoring through length
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- overextendingGoing beyond safe capacity
attenuating · belaboring · protracted · elaborate · exhausting · meticulous · painstaking · finespun
die
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gauge · ductility · extrusion · annealing · spooling · tungsten · capstan · reduction · tensile · coiling
prolonging
Extending in time
- tediousBoring through length
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
overextending · attenuating · belaboring · protracted · elaborate · exhausting · meticulous · painstaking · finespun · hairsplitting
wire-drawingcasting
Shaping through liquid form
rolling · forging · extrusion · die casting · stamping
wire-drawingbrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · terseness · succinctness · pithiness · directness
wire, wires, wired, wiring, wireless, draw, draws, drew, drawn