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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service;
- Example: "a well-wired house"

2. tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline;
- Example: "we were really pumped up for the race"
- Example: "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep"
[syn: pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired]

3. tied or bound with wire;
- Example: "wired bundles of newspapers"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wire \Wire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wired; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiring.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. [1913 Webster] 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. [1913 Webster] 3. To snare by means of a wire or wires. [1913 Webster] 4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 5. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 6. to equip with a system of wiring, especially for supply of electrical power or communication; as, to wire an office for networking the computers; to wire a building with 220-Volt current. [PJC] 7. to equip with an electronic system for eavesdropping; to bug; as, to wire the office of a mob boss; to wire an informant so as to record his conversations. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wired adj 1: equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service; "a well-wired house" [ant: wireless] 2: 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" [syn: pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired] 3: tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers"
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

wired n. See hardwired.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

hard-wired wired 1. An aspect of an electronic circuit which is determined by the wiring of the hardware, as opposed to being programmable in software or controlled by a switch. 2. In software, a synonym for hard-coded. 3. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customisable to one's particular needs or tastes. [Jargon File] (1999-10-18)