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wired |
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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