Definition of WIRED

wired

Meanings

Verb

  • provide with electrical circuits
  • send cables, wires, or telegrams
  • fasten with wire
    • "The columns were wired to the beams for support"
  • string on a wire
  • equip for use with electricity
  • simple past and past participle of wire

Adjective

  • equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
    • "a well-wired house"

Adjective Satellite

  • tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
  • tied or bound with wire
    • "wired bundles of newspapers"

Adj

  • Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
  • Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
  • Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
  • Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
  • Having wiry feathers.
  • All worked out; completely understood.
  • Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
  • Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
  • Connected to the Internet; online.

Origin / Etymology

From wire + -ed.

Synonyms

back to back, cable, corded, electrify, pumped, pumped up, pumped-up, telegraph, wire

Antonyms

unwire, wireless

Scrabble Score: 9

wired is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wired is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wired is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

wired is a valid Words With Friends word