American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wired
IPA transcription: ['waɪɚd]
Pronunciation variants: ['waɪɚd]['waɪɹd]
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Verb
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send cables, wires, or telegrams
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provide with electrical circuits
“wire the addition to the house”
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fasten with wire
“The columns were wired to the beams for support”
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string on a wire
“wire beads”
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equip for use with electricity
“electrify an appliance”
Adjective
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equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
“a well-wired house”
Adjective
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tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
“we were really pumped up for the race”
“he was so pumped he couldn't sleep”
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tied or bound with wire
“wired bundles of newspapers”
Usage examples
- Her blog "Elemental" appears regularly on the Wired website.
- Bandlimited channels are present in both wired and wireless communications.
- It was a more anarchic and subversive prototype for the later-founded "Wired" magazine.
- But Edison wired up Manhattan and Insull went West and wired up Chicago.
- I wired her that I wasn't coming.
- Wifi and wired ethernet connections are available in every room.
- All student rooms are wired for cable television and Wireless Internet access.
- I wired her that I wasn't coming.
- I wired her that I wasn't coming.
- They executed a single hardwired program.