Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wired"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wired
adj 1: equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or
telephone service; "a well-wired house" [ant: {wireless}]
2: (informal) 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)}]
3: tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers"
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