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wired adjective [ ˈwʌɪəd ]

• making use of computers to transfer or receive information, especially by means of the internet.
• "the economic arguments for getting your business wired"
• in a nervous, tense, or edgy state.
• "not much sleep lately—I'm a little wired"

wire verb

• install electric circuits or wires in.
• "wiring a plug"
• provide, fasten, or reinforce with wires.
• "they wired his jaw"
• send a telegram or cablegram to.
• "she wired her friend for advice"
• snare (an animal) with wire.
• obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a hoop.
Origin: Old English wīr ; of Germanic origin, probably from the base of Latin viere ‘plait, weave’.


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