4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wire \Wire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wired}; p. pr & vb n.
{Wiring}.]
1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to
as to wire corks in bottling liquors.
2. To put upon a wire; as to wire beads.
3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wired
adj 1: equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or
telephone service; "a well-wired house" [ant: {wireless}]
2: (informal) tense with excitement as from a rush of
adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race" [syn:
{pumped-up(a)}, {pumped up(p)}]
3: tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers"
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
wired n. See {hardwired}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
wired
{hard-wired}
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