wired

UK: /ˈwaɪə^rd/ US: /waɪrd/ ,(wī^ərd)

From the verb wire: (⇒ conjugate)

wired is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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wired /waɪrd/   adj. 

1. Electricity, Telecommunications equipped, secured, strengthened, or supported with wires:
   The house is wired for cable.
2. Slang Terms tense with excitement or anticipation.

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wired  (wī^ərd), adj. 

1. Electricity, Telecommunications equipped with wires, as for electricity or telephone service.
2. Building made of wire;
   consisting of or constructed with wires:
   a wired barrier.
3. tied or secured with wires:
   wired bales of wastepaper.
4. strengthened or supported with wires:
   a sculpture of wired papier-mâché.
5. Slang Terms tense with excitement or anticipation;
   edgy.
6. Radio and Television equipped so as to receive cable television.
7. Computing connected electronically to one or more computer networks.

• 1375–1425; late Middle English; see wire, -ed³

wired, +adj. 

1. Computing connected electronically to one or more computer networks.

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wired / waɪəd/ adjective

1. edgy from stimulant intake
2. excited, nervous, or tense
3. using computers to send and receive information, esp via the internet

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wire /waɪr/   n., adj., v., wired, wir•ing. 
n. 

1. Metallurgy a thin, slender, threadlike piece of metal:
   [uncountable] a piece of wire.
   [countable] copper wires.
2. Electricity [countable] a length of such metal used to conduct current in electrical, cable, telegraph, or telephone systems.
3. Telecommunications, Informal Terms
   • [countable] a telegram:
     Send him a wire.
   • [uncountable] a telegraphic system:
     Send the message by wire.
4. Sport [countable] the finish line of a racetrack.

adj. [before a noun]

5. Building made of wire.

v. 

6. Building to equip or furnish with wire:
   [~ + object] to wire a building with new electrical outlets.
7. Telecommunications to send (a message) to (someone) by telegraph: [~ + object + to + object]
   to wire a message to headquarters.
   [~ + object + object]
   to wire her the news.
   [~ (+ object) + that clause]
   to wire (her) that she won the prize.
8. Radio and Television [~ + object] to connect (a receiver, neighborhood, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received.
9. to connect (a room, telephone, etc.) to equipment so as to enable listening to or recording conversations secretly;
   to bug:
   [~ + object] The spies assumed (that) their house was wired.

Idioms

10. Idioms, Sport down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end.
11. Idioms under the wire, just within the limit or deadline.

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wire  (wī^ər), n., adj., v., wired, wir•ing. 
n. 

1. Building, Metallurgy a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
2. Building such pieces as a material.
3. Building, Electricity a length of such material, consisting either of a single filament or of several filaments woven or twisted together and usually insulated with a dielectric material, used as a conductor of electricity.
4. a cross wire or a cross hair.
5. Building a barbed-wire fence.
6. Telecommunications a long wire or cable used in cable, telegraph, or telephone systems.
7. Nautical a wire rope.
8. Telecommunications, Informal Terms [Informal.]
   • a telegram.
   • the telegraphic system:
     to send a message by wire.
9. wires, a system of wires by which puppets are moved.
10. a metallic string of a musical instrument.
11. Slang Terms [Underworld Slang.] the member of a pickpocket team who picks the victim's pocket. Cf. stall ² (def. 5).
12. Sport [Horse Racing.] a wire stretched across and above the track at the finish line, under which the horses pass.
13. Birds [Ornith.] one of the extremely long, slender, wirelike filaments or shafts of the plumage of various birds.
14. a metal device for snaring rabbits and other small game.
15. Printing [Papermaking.] the woven wire mesh over which the wet pulp is spread in a papermaking machine.
16. down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end, as in a race or competition:
    The candidates campaigned down to the wire.
17. Informal Terms pull wires, to use one's position or influence to obtain a desired result:
    to pull wires to get someone a job.
18. Telecommunications the wire, the telephone:
    There's someone on the wire for you.
19. under the wire, just within the limit or deadline;
    scarcely;
    barely:
    to get an application in under the wire.

adj. 

20. Building made of wire;
    consisting of or constructed with wires.
21. Building resembling wire;
    wirelike.

v.t. 

22. Building to furnish with wires.
23. Electricity to install an electric system of wiring in, as for lighting.
24. Building to fasten or bind with wire:
    He wired the halves together.
25. to put on a wire, as beads.
26. Telecommunications to send by telegraph, as a message:
    Please wire the money at once.
27. Telecommunications to send a telegraphic message to:
    She wired him to come at once.
28. to snare by means of a wire.
29. Electronics to equip with a hidden electronic device, as an eavesdropping device or an explosive.
30. Radio and Television to connect (a receiver, area, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received.
31. Informal Terms to be closely connected or involved with:
    a law firm wired into political circles.
32. Informal Terms to prepare, equip, fix, or arrange to suit needs or goals:
    The sales force was wired for an all-out effort.
33. Games [Croquet.] to block (a ball) by placing it behind the wire of an arch.

v.i. 

34. Telecommunications to send a telegraphic message;
    telegraph:
    Don't write; wire.

• bef. 900; Middle English wir(e) (noun, nominal), Old English wīr; cognate with Low German wīr, Old Norse vīra- wire, Old High German wiara fine goldwork

wir′a•ble, adj. 
wire′like′, adj. 

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wire / waɪə/ noun

1. a slender flexible strand or rod of metal
2. a cable consisting of several metal strands twisted together
3. a flexible metallic conductor, esp one made of copper, usually insulated, and used to carry electric current in a circuit
4. (modifier) of, relating to, or made of wire
5. anything made of wire, such as wire netting, a barbed-wire fence, etc
6. a long continuous wire or cable connecting points in a telephone or telegraph system
7. 
   an informal name for telegram, telegraph
8. the wire ⇒
   an informal name for telephone
9. a metallic string on a guitar, piano, etc
10. the finishing line on a racecourse
11. a wire-gauze screen upon which pulp is spread to form paper during the manufacturing process
12. anything resembling a wire, such as a hair
13. a snare made of wire for rabbits and similar animals
14. to the wire, down to the wire ⇒ right up to the last moment
15. get in under the wire ⇒ to accomplish something with little time to spare
16. get one's wires crossed ⇒ to misunderstand
17. pull wires ⇒ to exert influence behind the scenes, esp through personal connections; pull strings
18. take it to the wire ⇒ to compete to the bitter end to win a competition or title

verb (mainly tr)

1. (also intr) to send a telegram to (a person or place)
2. to send (news, a message, etc) by telegraph
3. to equip (an electrical system, circuit, or component) with wires
4. to fasten or furnish with wire
5. (often followed by up) to provide (an area) with fibre-optic cabling to receive cable television
6. to snare with wire
7. wire in ⇒ to set about (something, esp food) with enthusiasm

Etymology: Old English wīr; related to Old High German wiara, Old Norse vīra, Latin viriae bracelet