wired
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Connected by or equipped with wires, especially for electricity, communication, or security: Describes something that has wires installed or attached for a specific function, such as transmitting power, data, or signals. 2. Tense, excited, or stimulated, often from adrenaline or stimulants: Describes a state of high nervous energy, alertness, or agitation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Equipped with wires):
- The new house is completely wired for high-speed internet and smart home features.
- The studio microphone is wired directly to the mixing board for a clean signal.
- Adjective (Tense or stimulated):
- After three cups of coffee, I felt completely wired and couldn't sit still.
- The team was wired before the championship game, full of nervous energy.
Advanced Usage
- "to be wired into": To be closely connected to or well-informed about a particular network, system, or group.
- As a journalist, she is wired into the political scene in the capital.
- "to be wired differently": To think or behave in an unusual or non-standard way.
- He comes up with such creative solutions; he's just wired differently than most people.
Variants and Related Words
- Wire (noun/verb): A thin, flexible thread of metal; to install such threads or to send a message by telegraph.
- Wireless (adjective): Operating without the use of wires or cables.
- Rewire (verb): To provide with new electrical wiring.
Synonyms
- For "equipped with wires": Cabled, connected, linked, rigged.
- For "tense/excited": Pumped (up), keyed up, hyper, jittery, overstimulated.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Idioms
- "Wired for sound": Equipped with microphones or recording devices, often secretly.
- The undercover agent was wired for sound during the meeting.
- "To get wired": To become tense, excited, or stimulated (e.g., by caffeine).
- I got completely wired after drinking that energy drink.
Adjective
- tied or bound with wire
- wired bundles of newspapers
- 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
- equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
- a well-wired house