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Adjective: wired  wI(-u)rd [N. Amer], wI-u(r)d [Brit]
  1. Equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
    "a well-wired house"
     
  2. Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
    "we were really wired for the race"
    - pumped-up, pumped up, pumped
     
  3. Tied or bound with wire
    "wired bundles of newspapers"
Verb: wire  wI(-u)r [N. Amer], wI-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Provide with electrical circuits
    "wire the addition to the house"
     
  2. Send cables, wires, or telegrams
    - cable, telegraph
     
  3. Fasten with wire
    "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
     
  4. String on a wire
    "wire beads"
     
  5. Equip for use with electricity
    "wire an appliance"
    - electrify
     
  6. Send money electronically
    "ask them to wire the payment to the account"
     
  7. Put in place electronic eavesdropping equipment
    "his house is wired"
    - bug

See also: bound, bugged, connected, tense, wirer, wiring

Type of: accommodate, adapt, draw, equip, fasten, fit, fit out, fix, outfit, secure, string, telecommunicate, thread

Antonym: unwire, wireless

Encyclopedia: Wire Wire, The

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