English Explanatory Dictionary

wired

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/waɪəd/ /waɪɹd/ en-us-wired.ogg

Word forms

wired more wired most wired

Etymology

From wire + -ed.

Synonyms

corded back to back

Antonyms

wireless

Derived words

autowired hardwired hot-wired non-wired razor-wired unwired
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