wired
adjective
uk/waɪəd/us/waɪrd/wiredadjective(TECHNOLOGY)
connectedto acomputeror otherdeviceby awire:
Allsortsof wired andwirelessdevicesare now Internet-enabled.
I had to rely onaccessto a wirednetworkconnectionwith mylaptop, which sometimesinvolvedalongwait.
Compare
wirelessadjective
usingcomputersand theinternet:
A wiredorganizationispotentiallymoreopentochange.
In thisdigitalage,childrenarebornto be wired.
We are nowraisinga wiredgeneration.
- Awirelessalarmisharderto tamper with andeasiertoinstallthan atraditionalwiredmodel.
- He had toplugin a wiredheadsetinordertocommunicatewhiledriving.
- a wiredmouse
- You can getschoolswired but then they needcontinuingtechnicalsupport.
- In today's wiredglobaleconomy, thephysicallocationof acompanyis lessimportant.
Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- beamer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- card reader
- data projector
- gamepad
- graphics card
- hard drive
- optical reader
- optically
- palmtop
- parallel port
- patch
- patch intosomething
- pen drive
- plug and play
- printer
- whiteboard
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Cords, ropes, cables & string
Internet terminology
wiredadjective(EXCITED)
informal,informal(UKalsowired up)
nervousorexcited, forexamplebecause of afutureevent, or because you havedrunkcoffeeor takendrugs:
I wastotallywired before theinterview.
Ifindthateatingsomething canhelpif I'm too wiredoncaffeine.
Sometimes, for noapparentreason, all thechildrenmaybecomewired up.
- We aretotallywired aboutworkingwith these newclients.
- Withdrawalsymptomsincludeextremeanxiety,paranoia,brainfogandfeelingwired.
- He was wired onamphetamines.
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and botheredidiom
- -racked
- aflutter
- agitated
- angsty
- anxious
- fretfully
- frightened
- fuss
- get in a sweatidiom
- grim
- prey on sb's mindidiom
- queasily
- queasiness
- queasy
- rattled
- strung out
- worrier
- worrywart
- wound up
wiredadjective(CONTAINING WIRE)
containingwireto make itstrongeror to give itshape:
a wiredbra
Theskirtshad wiredhemstoformastiffcircle.
- areinforcedwiredwindow
- Theribbonislightlywired tokeepitsshape.
Becoming and making stronger
- aggrandize
- boil up
- bolster
- cement
- character-building
- deepen
- fortify
- harden
- hardening
- invigoration
- jell
- reinforcement
- restoke
- restrengthen
- sharpen
- solidification
- solidify
- soup
- soupsomethingup
- undulled