wired

/waษชษนd/

IPA: /W AY1 ER0 D/

verb
  1. 1

    To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

    โ€œWe need to wire that hole in the fence.โ€

  2. 2

    To string on a wire.

    โ€œwire beadsโ€

  3. 3

    To equip with wires for use with electricity.

    โ€œDo you know how to wire a plug?โ€

  4. 4

    To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

    โ€œI'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.โ€

  5. 5

    (usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.

    โ€œThere's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.โ€

  6. 6

    To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.

    โ€œThe detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.โ€

  7. 7

    To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.

    โ€œCoffee late at night wires me good and proper.โ€

  8. 8

    To install eavesdropping equipment.

    โ€œWe wired the suspect's house.โ€

  9. 9

    To snare by means of a wire or wires.

  10. 10

    To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

adjective
  1. 1

    Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

  2. 2

    Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.

  3. 3

    Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

  4. 4

    Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.

    โ€œAfter three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.โ€

  5. 5

    Having wiry feathers.

  6. 6

    Being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.

  7. 7

    Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.

    โ€œI was dealt three of a kind, wired.โ€

  8. 8

    (of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wire, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wired