wiredadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪəd/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rd/

Forms: Old English gewired, late Middle English wyryd, late Middle English ywyred, late Middle English 1600s–1700s wyred, late Middle English– wired, 1600s (1700s Scottish) wierd.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wire n.¹, -ed suffix²; wire v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently originally < wire n.¹ + -ed suffix²; in later use also < wire v. + -ed suffix¹.In Old English in form gewired with prefixation after past participle forms in ge- y- prefix.

†1. Ornamented with (gold or silver) wire. Obsolete.

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OE Inscription recording Gift, Thorney Abbey in N. R. Ker Catal. MSS containing Anglo-Saxon (1957) 163 Ælfric & Wulfwine, Eadgife goldsmiðes geafen to broþerrædenne twegen orn weghenes goldes þæt is on þis ilce boc her foruten gewired.

OE Will of Wynflæd (Sawyer 1539) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 14 Hio becwið..Eadgyfe..hyre ealdan gewiredan preon is an vi mancussum.

a. Supported, strengthened, or stiffened with wire; (of glass) strengthened by wire mesh.

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the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > with wires

wired1413

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > toughened or tempered

well-annealed1606

annealed1684

toughened1876

armoured1899

wired1908

1413–16 in H. E. Salter Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's Oxf. (1933) 4 Pro xiiii libris de wyred candel iis. xi.d.

1480 in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archaeol. Jrnl. (1913) Oct. 85 Paied y^e same John for wyred candell at Cristmas v^d.

a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) v. 56 He that would tame a Lion, doth not use the goad or wierd whip, but a sweet voice.

1692 T. D'Urfey Marriage-hater Match'd 55 That very Garb..Takes more than any Manto we can buy, Or Wir'd Comode, tho' Cock'd Three Stories high.

1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting xii. vi. 628 A Parcel of Flowers of all Sorts, made of Paper or Silk, and with wired Stalks.

1785 Governess iii. 73 Their mistresses are so extravagant in their own dress, and will think much if a servant, after she has worked hard for her money, should wear a wired cap, or a flounced petticoat.

1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) 88 The box contains a reel round which the wired string is wound.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iv A lovely bouquet came for me—not a nasty wired affair, but just a lot of loose flowers.

1908 W. Rosenhain Glass Manuf. 27 In wired plate glass..an entire layer of wire netting is interposed between two layers of glass.

1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. viii. 151 A catsup bottle is converted into a dainty angel by adding a flash-bulb head, a dry-cleaning bag ruff around neck and arms, wired gold braid wings.

1979 P. Way Sunrise xi. 116 He had pushed through the wired-glass door.

2002 D. Reuter Gaydar 118/1 Froufroued and fancifully bowed—but only with rayon, satin, or wired ribbon if you want to make the just-right impression with guests.

b. Consisting of, enclosed by, or covered with wire in the form of bars, fencing, or mesh for confinement or protection. Also with off, over.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > having wire fence

wired1699

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [adjective] > having or consisting of wire fence

wired1985

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B7 Silver-feathered turtle-doves, Which in their golden-wired cage remaine.]

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 57 You pass through a long Gallery, the one side of which is a well furnished Library, and also well disposed in Wired Cases.

1709 C. Johnson Love & Liberty iii. 34 Chearful Birds in their wir'd Prisons sing.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxxv. 348 It [sc. a captive bird].., with meditating eyes, first surveys, and then attempts, its wired canopy.

1816 in J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) xv. 237 The lower shelves only are protected by doors and wired frames.

1880 W. Carnegie Pract. Trapping 43 Traps..placed round a wired pheasant inclosure ought to be effective.

1919 Blackwood's Mag. June 831/1 The wired-over, sandy road.

1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree x. 135 Once out into the wired grass enclosure they stood stiff-legged in a dazzle of astonishment.

1985 A. McCandless Burke Found. xv. 122 Narrow tracks channelled through wired-off minefields.

2001 Avian Dis. 45 524/2 The pheasants, chickens, partridges, and pigeons were all housed in separate wired cages.

c. Fastened or secured with wire. Also with on, up. Also figurative.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > furnished with other fastenings

hooked1362

clasped1675

wired1738

screw bolted?c1780

stapled1845

swivelled1884

Velcroed1972

1738 W. Robinson Intriguing Milliners & Attornies Clerks i. vii. 19 I hope, when thou art dead, to see thee hang A wired Anatomy in Surgeon's-Hall.

1757 R. Washington Invoice 20 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (1984) IV. 380 12 dozn best Herefordshire Cyder in best Mould Bottles, wyred Corks.

1850 H. Melville White-jacket xciii. 461 The Surgeon, stalked over the side, the wired skeleton carried in his wake by his cot-boy.

1897 A. C. Pemberton Compl. Cyclist 82 The most suitable rim for any kind of wired-on tyre.

1946 Coast to Coast 1945 216 The gate was thoroughly wired up—three Queensland hitches of No. 8 wire.

1975 Washington Post 29 Sept. a20/4 Let us..concede that point for a moment—although it shouldn't be conceded until it is properly wired up with all sorts of qualifications.

2004 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Aug. 7 This beer comes in a 750ml wine bottle with a wired cork.

†3. Veterinary Medicine. Of a horse's foot: abnormally narrowed or contracted. Also with in. Cf. wire v. 4 and wire heel n. at wire n.¹ Compounds 2a. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of feet or hooves

broken-hoofed1362

afounded?a1425

foundered1543

pumiced1566

hoof-bound1598

fretished1607

incastellated1611

wired1614

gravelled1630

grease-fallen1688

greasy1701

incastled1706

greased1710

scratchy1710

retraised1725

hot-footed1740

twitter-boned1760

quittered1778

thrushy1831

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. i. 3 Chuse him [sc. a horse] that is..strong ioynted, and hollow houes, of which the long is best, if they be not wierd.

1696 London Gaz. No. 3211/4 A Chesnut Mare Colt, two years old,..the hind feet and one before white, wired behind.

1784 W. Griffiths Pract. Treat. Farriery 162 The above generally happen to narrow wired heel Horses.

1864 E. Mayhew Illustr. Horse Managem. 463 Where the heels have become ‘wired in’.

4. Croquet. Of a ball: unable to be struck to advantage, because the leg of a hoop is between it and the player's target. Cf. wire v. 8.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [adjective] > position of ball

roqueted1863

roqueting1863

wired1865

1865 Dollar Monthly Mag. Dec. 433/1 It is the business of the umpire to measure a wired ball.

1893 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 6/5 Jacobus during the game made a jump shot half across the grounds and picked a wired ball out of the cage.

1995 Australian (Nexis) 8 Dec. I've been learning the finer points of the game at a Sydney club, and now know a rush from a half roll, a roquet from a croquet and how to deal with a wired ball.

a. Connected (up) by wires to a source of electrical power, esp. a supply network, or an electrical instrument or apparatus; employing wires or similar physical connections to convey electrical signals, esp. for television or radio. Also figurative.

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society > communication > broadcasting > [adjective] > systems or methods

syndicated1693

wired1893

rediffused1931

piped1937

piped-in1951

networked1962

satellite-to-home1965

1893 Boston Daily Globe 1 June 4/1 At present,..the first thing on hand after returning from a day's outing is to build a fire... In the coming wired house you merely touch a button.

1930 E. E. Hunt Audit of Amer. 20 In 1913 there were only 48 wired homes per 1,000 of the non-farm population.

1960 R. H. Gregory & R. L. Van Horn Automatic Data-processing Syst. ii. 61 Computers with externally stored programs..get their operating instructions from wired plugboards.

1969 Times 24 July 2/2 He must have known it [sc. a bomb] was wired up. He must have known all he had to do was press the button.

1971 New Scientist 16 Sept. 614 (heading) The visual systems in their brain are wired up to match the visual world that is important to them.

1982 P. D. James Skull beneath Skin xxv. 210 She was glad that she wasn't wired up to a lie machine.

1997 Baltimore Jewish Times 24 Oct. 20/2 Like the rest of the building, the lecture hall work tables are wired for use by laptop computers.

2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Oct. a4/1 Wired radio reaches virtually every building in every city, village and farm in Russia.

b. wired for sound: fitted with or wearing electrical sound equipment.Originally with reference to cinemas that could present films with sound tracks.

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1928 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 19 Aug. 20/4 Most of these companies will have to make pictures to fit both kinds of houses, those wired for sound pictures and those not equipped.]

1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 26 Aug. 3/2 New home in Beverley Hills is nearing completion. House contains 23 rooms and in the basement is a theater which will seat 100 people and is wired for sound.

1946 I. Gershwin Sweet Nevada in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 342/2 I give you Montana, Vermont, Indiana—They still aren't wired for sound.

1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season x. 97 The facts had been relayed to her through her ear-trumpet, for she was wired for sound.

1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 18/3 Stay away from Karafin... He's wired for sound 24 hours a day... He can keep stories out of the paper or get them in.

2002 Which? Feb. 8/3 We sent out four undercover researchers, wired for sound.

2005 Independent 23 Nov. (Property section) 2/4 Hand-built kitchen, cinema room, wet bar, wired for sound.

c. Fitted with or wearing an electronic listening or tracking device, esp. a concealed one. Cf. wire n.¹ 9c.

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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > electronic espionage > [adjective]

bugged1935

wired1957

1957 J. D. MacDonald Man of Affairs ix. 141 The joint is wired, he says... The next step is cameras and infra red and tape recorders, I guess.

1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind xvii. 269 The staff was wired. The electronegativity in the air oscillated precariously between category-one violence and all-out despair.

1986 M. Egremont Dear Shadows x. 95 Do you think that he has the whole place wired up so that he can listen to every conversation in the building?

1993 R. Shell iCED 72 I was wired and bugged and had forgotten that I was even expecting Spartacus.

2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 148/2 Some of the animals are even wired so that their movements can be radio-tracked.

d. Computing colloquial. That makes use of computers and information technology to send or receive information; esp. having an internet connection.

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1985 P. Laurie Databases vi. 116 Although much reviled by advocates of the ‘wired society’..a computer disk through the post is a very quick and convenient way of exchanging data.

1995 Wired Jan. 101/2 My host..has an Internet address and a 486. He's got WordPerfect and Paradox and Corel Draw. By Prague standards, Martin is one wired dude.

2008 Newsday (Nexis) 8 Mar. b6 44 percent of all Internet users were trying out online banking, but only 25 percent of wired people over 60 had given it a whirl.

6. In extended use. Of a person.

a. U.S. slang. With up. Annoyed; provoked. rare.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective]

ofgrameda1200

agrameda1300

irk1303

overthoughta1325

aggrievedc1330

annoyedc1330

noyfula1387

teena1400

vexed?c1425

annoyousa1450

angry1485

noyeda1500

irked1513

engrieved1591

exulceratec1592

galled1601

incommodate1622

exulcerated1640

ruffled1659

uncommoded1683

chagrin1706

exacerbated1727

chagrineda1754

vexatious1756

discommoded1773

pipped1797

roiled1818

riled1825

outraged1836

put-out1836

vex1843

niggled1878

narked1888

hacked1892

wired1904

peeved1908

1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 359/2 Wired up, (American), irritated; provoked.

b. colloquial. Intoxicated or ‘high’ on drugs, esp. so as to become hyper or overstimulated. Hence: in a state of nervous excitement; tense; energetic. Also with up.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective]

intoxicated1576

drunk1585

besotted1831

drugged1871

dopey1896

doped1903

piped1906

lit1912

loaded1923

high1932

polluted1938

stone1945

straight1946

impaired1951

on the nod1951

buzzed1952

stoned1953

hung1958

strung out1959

zonked1959

shot1964

out of (also off) one's bird1966

ripped1966

wiped1966

amped1967

tanked1968

wrecked1968

whacked out1969

wired1970

jagged1973

funked up1976

annihilated1980

junked out1982

obliterated1984

caned1992

wankered1992

twatted1993

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated

high-wrought1579

feverous1587

tremulous1611

feverish1637

overwound1640

gestient1644

overwrought1648

twittering1648

fevereda1657

tumultuous1667

wrought-up1688

flustered1743

trepidatinga1774

flurried1775

wrought1778

riled1825

tête montée1825

worked up1831

tumultuating1854

trepidant1891

tremorous1897

wroughted1905

goosy1906

hotted-up1923

steamed1923

spooky1926

antsy-pantsy1944

antsy1950

agitato1964

amped1967

wired1970

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective]

tautc1275

rigid?a1425

high-strung1653

wound-up1788

stretched1799

high-toned1804

overstrung1810

intense1817

tense1821

high-tuned1827

screwed-up1829

twittery1840

high-keyed1848

strung-up1853

strained1863

tensioned1872

twitchy1874

keyed-up1885

tensed1911

uptight1934

wired1970

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1970 R. Gilmore Drug Educ. Handbk. iv. 63 Amped, ‘wired’ on crystal or methedrine.

1977 Daily Mirror (Austral.) 26 May 30/1 Sometimes drugs could trigger Presley into the most incredible of highs... But when he was ‘wired’..his mood and actions assumed black violence.

1978 Washington Post 13 Dec. (Style section) d15/4 He..turned down a cup of coffee after lunch, saying, ‘I'm already pretty wired up.’

1984 D. L. Lindsey Heat from Another Sun (1985) i. 1 He was still so damn wired he wouldn't sleep for a week... He was pumped so tight with adrenaline.

1985 Fortune 24 June 26/1 From a cocaine-abusing denizen of Wall Street: ‘I worked on both Chrysler refinancings, and by the second one, I was wired most of the time.’

1990 Twenty Twenty July 88/3 A weirdo wired up on speed and brandy.

2005 Prima Aug. 48 Use our flow chart to help you identify whether you're so laid back you're horizontal, or so wired up you're on the verge of a breakdown.

7. colloquial (originally U.S.). to have (got) it wired: = to have (got) it made at make v.¹ 52k. Also to have (something) wired: to have (something) sorted out or under control.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful > be assured of success

it is in a person's buttonsa1616

to have (got) it made1944

to be golden1961

to have (got) it wired1976

1955 Amer. Speech 30 118 Made; wired,..all obstacles overcome, no further difficulty anticipated; nothing to worry about; in such utterances as ‘He's got it made.’]

1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone i. 9 You got it made, man. You know that? You got it wired.

1987 R.A.D./BMX Action Bike Sept. 9/3 Sweeney had that course wired from the start, leaving the heavyweights..to battle it out for second and third.

1991 J. McMullen Basic Essent. Snowboarding vi. 39 You have every move wired but you aren't getting any better.

2003 T. Richards & E. Blehm P3 10 I'd had it pretty wired at my old school.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wired
释义	wiredadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪəd/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rd/ Forms: Old English gewired, late Middle English wyryd, late Middle English ywyred, late Middle English 1600s–1700s wyred, late Middle English– wired, 1600s (1700s Scottish) wierd. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wire n.¹, -ed suffix²; wire v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently originally < wire n.¹ + -ed suffix²; in later use also < wire v. + -ed suffix¹.In Old English in form gewired with prefixation after past participle forms in ge- y- prefix. †1. Ornamented with (gold or silver) wire. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Inscription recording Gift, Thorney Abbey in N. R. Ker Catal. MSS containing Anglo-Saxon (1957) 163 Ælfric & Wulfwine, Eadgife goldsmiðes geafen to broþerrædenne twegen orn weghenes goldes þæt is on þis ilce boc her foruten gewired. OE Will of Wynflæd (Sawyer 1539) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 14 Hio becwið..Eadgyfe..hyre ealdan gewiredan preon is an vi mancussum. 2. a. Supported, strengthened, or stiffened with wire; (of glass) strengthened by wire mesh. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > with wires wired1413 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > toughened or tempered well-annealed1606 annealed1684 toughened1876 armoured1899 wired1908 1413–16 in H. E. Salter Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's Oxf. (1933) 4 Pro xiiii libris de wyred candel iis. xi.d. 1480 in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archaeol. Jrnl. (1913) Oct. 85 Paied y^e same John for wyred candell at Cristmas v^d. a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) v. 56 He that would tame a Lion, doth not use the goad or wierd whip, but a sweet voice. 1692 T. D'Urfey Marriage-hater Match'd 55 That very Garb..Takes more than any Manto we can buy, Or Wir'd Comode, tho' Cock'd Three Stories high. 1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting xii. vi. 628 A Parcel of Flowers of all Sorts, made of Paper or Silk, and with wired Stalks. 1785 Governess iii. 73 Their mistresses are so extravagant in their own dress, and will think much if a servant, after she has worked hard for her money, should wear a wired cap, or a flounced petticoat. 1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) 88 The box contains a reel round which the wired string is wound. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iv A lovely bouquet came for me—not a nasty wired affair, but just a lot of loose flowers. 1908 W. Rosenhain Glass Manuf. 27 In wired plate glass..an entire layer of wire netting is interposed between two layers of glass. 1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. viii. 151 A catsup bottle is converted into a dainty angel by adding a flash-bulb head, a dry-cleaning bag ruff around neck and arms, wired gold braid wings. 1979 P. Way Sunrise xi. 116 He had pushed through the wired-glass door. 2002 D. Reuter Gaydar 118/1 Froufroued and fancifully bowed—but only with rayon, satin, or wired ribbon if you want to make the just-right impression with guests. b. Consisting of, enclosed by, or covered with wire in the form of bars, fencing, or mesh for confinement or protection. Also with off, over. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > having wire fence wired1699 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [adjective] > having or consisting of wire fence wired1985 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B7 Silver-feathered turtle-doves, Which in their golden-wired cage remaine.] 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 57 You pass through a long Gallery, the one side of which is a well furnished Library, and also well disposed in Wired Cases. 1709 C. Johnson Love & Liberty iii. 34 Chearful Birds in their wir'd Prisons sing. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxxv. 348 It [sc. a captive bird].., with meditating eyes, first surveys, and then attempts, its wired canopy. 1816 in J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) xv. 237 The lower shelves only are protected by doors and wired frames. 1880 W. Carnegie Pract. Trapping 43 Traps..placed round a wired pheasant inclosure ought to be effective. 1919 Blackwood's Mag. June 831/1 The wired-over, sandy road. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree x. 135 Once out into the wired grass enclosure they stood stiff-legged in a dazzle of astonishment. 1985 A. McCandless Burke Found. xv. 122 Narrow tracks channelled through wired-off minefields. 2001 Avian Dis. 45 524/2 The pheasants, chickens, partridges, and pigeons were all housed in separate wired cages. c. Fastened or secured with wire. Also with on, up. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > furnished with other fastenings hooked1362 clasped1675 wired1738 screw bolted?c1780 stapled1845 swivelled1884 Velcroed1972 1738 W. Robinson Intriguing Milliners & Attornies Clerks i. vii. 19 I hope, when thou art dead, to see thee hang A wired Anatomy in Surgeon's-Hall. 1757 R. Washington Invoice 20 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (1984) IV. 380 12 dozn best Herefordshire Cyder in best Mould Bottles, wyred Corks. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xciii. 461 The Surgeon, stalked over the side, the wired skeleton carried in his wake by his cot-boy. 1897 A. C. Pemberton Compl. Cyclist 82 The most suitable rim for any kind of wired-on tyre. 1946 Coast to Coast 1945 216 The gate was thoroughly wired up—three Queensland hitches of No. 8 wire. 1975 Washington Post 29 Sept. a20/4 Let us..concede that point for a moment—although it shouldn't be conceded until it is properly wired up with all sorts of qualifications. 2004 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Aug. 7 This beer comes in a 750ml wine bottle with a wired cork. †3. Veterinary Medicine. Of a horse's foot: abnormally narrowed or contracted. Also with in. Cf. wire v. 4 and wire heel n. at wire n.¹ Compounds 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of feet or hooves broken-hoofed1362 afounded?a1425 foundered1543 pumiced1566 hoof-bound1598 fretished1607 incastellated1611 wired1614 gravelled1630 grease-fallen1688 greasy1701 incastled1706 greased1710 scratchy1710 retraised1725 hot-footed1740 twitter-boned1760 quittered1778 thrushy1831 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. i. 3 Chuse him [sc. a horse] that is..strong ioynted, and hollow houes, of which the long is best, if they be not wierd. 1696 London Gaz. No. 3211/4 A Chesnut Mare Colt, two years old,..the hind feet and one before white, wired behind. 1784 W. Griffiths Pract. Treat. Farriery 162 The above generally happen to narrow wired heel Horses. 1864 E. Mayhew Illustr. Horse Managem. 463 Where the heels have become ‘wired in’. 4. Croquet. Of a ball: unable to be struck to advantage, because the leg of a hoop is between it and the player's target. Cf. wire v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [adjective] > position of ball roqueted1863 roqueting1863 wired1865 1865 Dollar Monthly Mag. Dec. 433/1 It is the business of the umpire to measure a wired ball. 1893 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 6/5 Jacobus during the game made a jump shot half across the grounds and picked a wired ball out of the cage. 1995 Australian (Nexis) 8 Dec. I've been learning the finer points of the game at a Sydney club, and now know a rush from a half roll, a roquet from a croquet and how to deal with a wired ball. 5. a. Connected (up) by wires to a source of electrical power, esp. a supply network, or an electrical instrument or apparatus; employing wires or similar physical connections to convey electrical signals, esp. for television or radio. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > [adjective] > systems or methods syndicated1693 wired1893 rediffused1931 piped1937 piped-in1951 networked1962 satellite-to-home1965 1893 Boston Daily Globe 1 June 4/1 At present,..the first thing on hand after returning from a day's outing is to build a fire... In the coming wired house you merely touch a button. 1930 E. E. Hunt Audit of Amer. 20 In 1913 there were only 48 wired homes per 1,000 of the non-farm population. 1960 R. H. Gregory & R. L. Van Horn Automatic Data-processing Syst. ii. 61 Computers with externally stored programs..get their operating instructions from wired plugboards. 1969 Times 24 July 2/2 He must have known it [sc. a bomb] was wired up. He must have known all he had to do was press the button. 1971 New Scientist 16 Sept. 614 (heading) The visual systems in their brain are wired up to match the visual world that is important to them. 1982 P. D. James Skull beneath Skin xxv. 210 She was glad that she wasn't wired up to a lie machine. 1997 Baltimore Jewish Times 24 Oct. 20/2 Like the rest of the building, the lecture hall work tables are wired for use by laptop computers. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Oct. a4/1 Wired radio reaches virtually every building in every city, village and farm in Russia. b. wired for sound: fitted with or wearing electrical sound equipment.Originally with reference to cinemas that could present films with sound tracks. ΚΠ 1928 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 19 Aug. 20/4 Most of these companies will have to make pictures to fit both kinds of houses, those wired for sound pictures and those not equipped.] 1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 26 Aug. 3/2 New home in Beverley Hills is nearing completion. House contains 23 rooms and in the basement is a theater which will seat 100 people and is wired for sound. 1946 I. Gershwin Sweet Nevada in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 342/2 I give you Montana, Vermont, Indiana—They still aren't wired for sound. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season x. 97 The facts had been relayed to her through her ear-trumpet, for she was wired for sound. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 18/3 Stay away from Karafin... He's wired for sound 24 hours a day... He can keep stories out of the paper or get them in. 2002 Which? Feb. 8/3 We sent out four undercover researchers, wired for sound. 2005 Independent 23 Nov. (Property section) 2/4 Hand-built kitchen, cinema room, wet bar, wired for sound. c. Fitted with or wearing an electronic listening or tracking device, esp. a concealed one. Cf. wire n.¹ 9c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > electronic espionage > [adjective] bugged1935 wired1957 1957 J. D. MacDonald Man of Affairs ix. 141 The joint is wired, he says... The next step is cameras and infra red and tape recorders, I guess. 1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind xvii. 269 The staff was wired. The electronegativity in the air oscillated precariously between category-one violence and all-out despair. 1986 M. Egremont Dear Shadows x. 95 Do you think that he has the whole place wired up so that he can listen to every conversation in the building? 1993 R. Shell iCED 72 I was wired and bugged and had forgotten that I was even expecting Spartacus. 2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 148/2 Some of the animals are even wired so that their movements can be radio-tracked. d. Computing colloquial. That makes use of computers and information technology to send or receive information; esp. having an internet connection. ΚΠ 1985 P. Laurie Databases vi. 116 Although much reviled by advocates of the ‘wired society’..a computer disk through the post is a very quick and convenient way of exchanging data. 1995 Wired Jan. 101/2 My host..has an Internet address and a 486. He's got WordPerfect and Paradox and Corel Draw. By Prague standards, Martin is one wired dude. 2008 Newsday (Nexis) 8 Mar. b6 44 percent of all Internet users were trying out online banking, but only 25 percent of wired people over 60 had given it a whirl. 6. In extended use. Of a person. a. U.S. slang. With up. Annoyed; provoked. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] ofgrameda1200 agrameda1300 irk1303 overthoughta1325 aggrievedc1330 annoyedc1330 noyfula1387 teena1400 vexed?c1425 annoyousa1450 angry1485 noyeda1500 irked1513 engrieved1591 exulceratec1592 galled1601 incommodate1622 exulcerated1640 ruffled1659 uncommoded1683 chagrin1706 exacerbated1727 chagrineda1754 vexatious1756 discommoded1773 pipped1797 roiled1818 riled1825 outraged1836 put-out1836 vex1843 niggled1878 narked1888 hacked1892 wired1904 peeved1908 1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 359/2 Wired up, (American), irritated; provoked. b. colloquial. Intoxicated or ‘high’ on drugs, esp. so as to become hyper or overstimulated. Hence: in a state of nervous excitement; tense; energetic. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] intoxicated1576 drunk1585 besotted1831 drugged1871 dopey1896 doped1903 piped1906 lit1912 loaded1923 high1932 polluted1938 stone1945 straight1946 impaired1951 on the nod1951 buzzed1952 stoned1953 hung1958 strung out1959 zonked1959 shot1964 out of (also off) one's bird1966 ripped1966 wiped1966 amped1967 tanked1968 wrecked1968 whacked out1969 wired1970 jagged1973 funked up1976 annihilated1980 junked out1982 obliterated1984 caned1992 wankered1992 twatted1993 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated high-wrought1579 feverous1587 tremulous1611 feverish1637 overwound1640 gestient1644 overwrought1648 twittering1648 fevereda1657 tumultuous1667 wrought-up1688 flustered1743 trepidatinga1774 flurried1775 wrought1778 riled1825 tête montée1825 worked up1831 tumultuating1854 trepidant1891 tremorous1897 wroughted1905 goosy1906 hotted-up1923 steamed1923 spooky1926 antsy-pantsy1944 antsy1950 agitato1964 amped1967 wired1970 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective] tautc1275 rigid?a1425 high-strung1653 wound-up1788 stretched1799 high-toned1804 overstrung1810 intense1817 tense1821 high-tuned1827 screwed-up1829 twittery1840 high-keyed1848 strung-up1853 strained1863 tensioned1872 twitchy1874 keyed-up1885 tensed1911 uptight1934 wired1970 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1970 R. Gilmore Drug Educ. Handbk. iv. 63 Amped, ‘wired’ on crystal or methedrine. 1977 Daily Mirror (Austral.) 26 May 30/1 Sometimes drugs could trigger Presley into the most incredible of highs... But when he was ‘wired’..his mood and actions assumed black violence. 1978 Washington Post 13 Dec. (Style section) d15/4 He..turned down a cup of coffee after lunch, saying, ‘I'm already pretty wired up.’ 1984 D. L. Lindsey Heat from Another Sun (1985) i. 1 He was still so damn wired he wouldn't sleep for a week... He was pumped so tight with adrenaline. 1985 Fortune 24 June 26/1 From a cocaine-abusing denizen of Wall Street: ‘I worked on both Chrysler refinancings, and by the second one, I was wired most of the time.’ 1990 Twenty Twenty July 88/3 A weirdo wired up on speed and brandy. 2005 Prima Aug. 48 Use our flow chart to help you identify whether you're so laid back you're horizontal, or so wired up you're on the verge of a breakdown. 7. colloquial (originally U.S.). to have (got) it wired: = to have (got) it made at make v.¹ 52k. Also to have (something) wired: to have (something) sorted out or under control. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful > be assured of success it is in a person's buttonsa1616 to have (got) it made1944 to be golden1961 to have (got) it wired1976 1955 Amer. Speech 30 118 Made; wired,..all obstacles overcome, no further difficulty anticipated; nothing to worry about; in such utterances as ‘He's got it made.’] 1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone i. 9 You got it made, man. You know that? You got it wired. 1987 R.A.D./BMX Action Bike Sept. 9/3 Sweeney had that course wired from the start, leaving the heavyweights..to battle it out for second and third. 1991 J. McMullen Basic Essent. Snowboarding vi. 39 You have every move wired but you aren't getting any better. 2003 T. Richards & E. Blehm P3 10 I'd had it pretty wired at my old school. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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