wired

4 definitions • 10 examples

connected to a computer or other device by a wire:

All sorts of wired and wireless devices are now Internet-enabled.

I had to rely on access to a wired network connection with my laptop, which sometimes involved a long wait.

using computers and the internet:

A wired organization is potentially more open to change.

In this digital age, children are born to be wired.

We are now raising a wired generation.

nervous or excited, for example because of a future event, or because you have drunk coffee or taken drugs:

I was totally wired before the interview.

I find that eating something can help if I'm too wired on caffeine.

Sometimes, for no apparent reason, all the children may become wired up.

containing wire to make it stronger or to give it shape:

a wired bra

The skirts had wired hems to form a stiff circle.