Wired
['waɪəd] or ['waɪɚd]
Definition
(adj.) tied or bound with wire; 'wired bundles of newspapers' .
(adj.) equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service; 'a well-wired house' .
Checker: Nicole--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Wire
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Examples
- I wired to Bristol for it last night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wired to Cambridge to learn if anything had been heard of him there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The building was wired from top to bottom, and equipped with all the appliances of the art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Holmes had already wired to Forbes, and we found him waiting to receive us--a small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable expression. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Have just been wired for from the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The juices are put in bottles and are immediately corked and wired securely, and then submerged in a water bath to a depth of about 1 inch above the bottles. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I wired to Lord Mount-James. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Having got them I let my man go, but I wired full particulars to Forbes this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Charlene