Wired

Definition: Wired

Wired

Adjective

1. Equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service; "a well-wired house".

2. (informal) 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".

3. Tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "wired" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Wired

Crosswords: Wired

I got the town wired, don't I (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

We're gonna get wired and have a big party (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.)

Mayor's got it wired, B. He built this town for demons to feed on, and come graduation day, he's gettin' paid (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

We're not only wired to want what we can't have, but we're also wired to want what we really don't want (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

I'm wired to explode if anyone tries to kill me. (The Secret of Monkey Island; writing credit: Orson Scott Card; Ron Gilbert)

Wired and Fired (1928)

Lee Evans: Wired and Wonderful - Live at Wembley (2002)

Hot Wired - Viewers Choice (1999)

Extreme Sex 3: Wired (1994)

Wired (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Wired Glass Sheets of Float Glass and Surface Ground or Polished Glass: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Wired Hard 2 (reference)

• Wired Not Weird : A Woman's Guide to Dating Online (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Wired (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Wired for Sound - A Guitar Odyssey (reference)

• Wired (reference)

• Wired to Kill (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hard Wired (reference)

• Wired [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Hot Wired (reference)

• Hot Wired (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Logitech MouseMan Dual Optical Wired Mouse (USB/PS2) (reference)

• Nomad Jukebox III Wired Remote Includes Fm Tuner (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Kidde 1235 AC Wired Smoke Alarm (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Fred Walton getting wired up for sleep/brainwave experiments. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A hand shaped fragment of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta, is wired tightly to the reef. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A coral fragment is wired in two places to keep it secure. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Wired coral fragments in a monitoring station are indicated by the fiberglass rebar in the foreground of the photograph. Monitoring stations were established to determine the success of the restoration effort. The disc to the left of the photograph also distinguishes this location as a monitoring station. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Close up of a diver after a coral is wired into place. A curious wrasse, in the foreground, watches the diver. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A wired fragment of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta. Restoration experts predict that wire used in the restoration effort will be overgrown by new coral growth within a few years time. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Rafters are wired to the stringers with baling wire

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Licenses are required for all types of telecommunications equipment including wired, wireless, hardware and software. (references)

Finally, the increased demand in access to the Internet is feeding an explosion of interest in wireless and wired information devices. (references)

The communications system is in a phase of transition from regional monopolies to competition among four suppliers of wired, fixed wireless, and mobile telecommunications systems. (references)

Civil Liberties

Romania

Approximately 3.4 million households were wired for cable, giving significant portions of the population access to both private and foreign broadcasts. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

Sweden is one of the most wired countries in the world. (references)

Ghana

In 1998 a U.S. company became the second provider of wired telecommunications service. (references)

Travel

Russia

Western Union has agents in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and some other large cities, which disburse money wired from the United States. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "wired": be wired for ♦ hard wired ♦ wired broadcasting ♦ wired equivalent privacy ♦ wired vs wireless. Additional references.

Beginning with "wired": wired-in, wired-made, wired-program, wired-system, wired-up.

Ending with "wired": pre-wired.

Containing "wired": Twelve-wired bird of paradise, uplift-under-wired-half-cup-sponge-rubber-lace-nylon.

Chinese 

架线, 有線 (cable). (various references)

Danish

traad-glasplade (wired glass pane), traadarmeret ornamentglas (figured wired glass, wired patterned glass), trådbundet tolkeanlæg (cabled interpreting system, wired-system interpreting), programmerbar fasttrådet central (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), kabel-tv (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), kabeltelevisie (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), kabelfjernsyn (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, closed circuit TV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), kabeldistribution (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), fællesantenne-TV (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), fællesantenneanlæg (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), CATV (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), armeret glas med punktsvejset net (Georgian glass, Georgian wired glass). (various references)

Dutch

vastbedrade programmeerbare centrale (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), televisiedistributie (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), kabeltelevisie (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), kabelomroep (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), kabeldistributie (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), installatie voor simultaanvertaling via kabel (cabled interpreting system, wired-system interpreting), figuur draadglas (figured wired glass, wired patterned glass), draadglasruit (wired glass pane), draadglas met gepuntlaste vierkante mazen (Georgian glass, Georgian wired glass), CATV (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting). (various references)

Finnish

WPC-järjestelmä (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), suuryhteisantennijärjestelm ä (cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, wired broadcasting), pistehitsatulla verkolla vahvistettu lasi (Georgian glass, Georgian wired glass), ohjelmoitava keskus (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), kuviollinen verkkolasi (figured wired glass, wired patterned glass), kaapelitelevisio (cable television), kaapelilähetystoiminta (cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, wired broadcasting), kaapelijakelu (cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, wired broadcasting). (various references)

French

cablé, câblé. (various references)

German

verdrahtet. (various references)

Greek 

κέντρο συρματωμένου προγραμματισμού (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), καλωδιακή τηλεόραση (cable television), σύστημα μεταγωγής συρματωμένου προγραμματισμού (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), γυαλί διαμαντέ αρμέ (figured wired glass, wired patterned glass), ενσύρματο σύστημα διερμηνείας (cabled interpreting system, wired-system interpreting), τηλεόραση συλλογικής κεραίας (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), τηλεοπτική λήψη με περιοχική κεραία (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), οπλισμένος υαλοπίνακας (wired glass pane), CATV (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתויל. (various references)

Hungarian

telefonvezetékkel felszerelt, sodronyra feszített, sodronnyal elkerített, ledrótozott, idegroncs (a nervous wreck, nervous wreck, stroppy), drótsövénnyel elkerített, drótra tűzött, drótozott, drótkerítéssel elkerített, dróthálóval borított, csupa ideg (to be all nerves). (various references)

Italian

sostenuto (distant, elevated, fast). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ワープロ馬鹿 (business shirt, dead silence after a joke falls flat, food wagon service, multi-national enterprise, news program, shirt, someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana->kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer, table-side service, talk and varietyshow, vaccine, vagina, vaseline, wacoal, Wagner, wagon, wagon sale, Waikiki, warlock, washer, Washington, Washington Post, WASP, watt, wax, wide, wide-angle lens, wide-band, wife, wild, wild pitch, windshield wipers, windup, wine, wine color, wine glass, wine list, wine red, winecooler, winery, wipe, wipe in, wipe out, wire, wire glass, wireless, wireless mike, wire-wrapping, wise, wivern, working holiday, workshop, World, world class, World Cup, world enterprise, World Games, World Series, worm, wow, wow and flutter, Wyoming, wyvern). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ワイヤード . (various references)

Korean 

타전하는. (various references)

Manx

as strengyn ayn (wired as house). (various references)

Pig Latin

iredway.(various references)

Portuguese

TV por cabo (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), televisão por cabo (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), televisão de acesso comunitário (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), sistema de interpretação por cabo (cabled interpreting system, wired-system interpreting), sistema de comutação ligado por cabos (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), recepção de televisão com antena colectiva (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), chapa de vidro armado impresso (figured wired glass, wired patterned glass), chapa de vidro armado de malhas quadradas soldadas (Georgian glass, Georgian wired glass). (various references)

Romanian

fi chemat telegrafic (be wired for). (various references)

Russian 

телеграфировать зашитый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

snabdeven žicom, žičani (funicular, string, wire). (various references)

Spanish

vidrio impreso armado (figured wired glass, wired patterned glass), vidrio armado con mallas cuadradas soldadas (Georgian glass, Georgian wired glass), televisión por cable (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), sistema WPC (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), sistema de interpretación por cable (cabled interpreting system, wired-system interpreting), sistema de control cableado (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), sistema de conmutación programable cableado (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system), recepción de televisión con antena colectiva (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), distribución de televisión (cable TV, cabled distribution, CATV, community antenna television, programme distribution by cable, wired broadcasting), central programable cableada (hard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching system, programmable exchange, programmable system, wired-program control system, WPC system). (various references)

Swedish

larmad, avlyssnad. (various references)

Turkish

telli (funicular, stringed). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "wired": wiredraw, wiredrawer, wiredrawers, wiredrawing, wiredrawn, wiredraws, wiredrew. (additional references)

Words ending with "wired": hardwired, rewired. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Wired" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awired, ired, iredd, irred, swired, twired, warde, warec, wared, weerd, weierd, weired, werde, Werdel, wered, weret, wiard, wiced, wided, wied, wierd, wiered, Wiertz, wifed, wimed, wird, wiree, wiren, wirey, wirge, wirid, wirld, wiro, wited, wixed, wized, wored, wrid, wride, wrieg, wriez, wyre, wyted. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: weird, wider, wried.

-1 letter: dire, drew, ired, ride, weir, wide, wire.

-2 letters: dew, die, ire, red, rei, rid, wed.

-3 letters: de, ed, er, id, re, we.

+1 letter: dewier, rewind, waired, weirdo, weirds, weirdy, widder, wilder, winder.

+2 letters: bawdier, crowdie, dowdier, downier, dowries, misdrew, rawhide, redwing, rewiden, rewinds, rewired, rowdier, rowdies, swirled, twirled, wearied, wedgier, weedier, weirder, weirdie, weirdly, weirdos, wergild, whirled, whirred, widders, widener, widower, wielder, wilders, winders, windier, woodier, wordier, worried, wricked, wringed, writhed.

+3 letters: bawdries, bewilder, crowdies, dishware, doweries, dowering, drawlier, driveway, drowsier, fireweed, firewood, hardwire, ironweed, lowrider, overwide, overwind, rawhided, rawhides, redwings, reviewed, rewidens, rewinded, rewinder, richweed, rowdiest, shrewdie, sideward, swindler, tawdrier, tawdries, tweedier, twiddler, unwinder, weirdest, weirdies, weirdoes, weregild, wergilds, wherried, whirried, wickeder, wideners, widowers, wielders, wieldier, wildered, wildfire, wintered, wiredraw, wiredrew, withdrew, withered, woodsier, wordiest, worrited, wriggled, wrinkled.