From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted bywire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
A piece of such material; athread or slender rod ofmetal, acable.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, inRail, page68:
Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under thewires.
Another letter. "Friedrichswerks, Hamburg, Germany. We beg to acknowledge receipt of order for fifteen thousand Robots." [Telephone rings.] Hello! This is the Central Office. Yes. Certainly. Well, send them awire. Good. [Hangs up telephone.] Where did I leave off?
“Oh, hadn’t I told you?” the other said quickly. “I had awire yesterday. He landed in New York Wednesday. It was such a mixed-up sort of message, I never could understand what he was trying to tell me, except that he would have to stay in New York for a week or so. It was over fifty words long.”
(slang) A hidden listening device on the person of anundercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
1988,The Traveling Wilburys, “Tweeter and the Monkey Man”, inThe Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1:
If you don't surrender now, it's gonna go down to thewire
(billiards) A wire strung withbeads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
(usually in theplural) Any of thesystem of wires used to operate thepuppets in a puppet show; hence, thenetwork of hiddeninfluences controlling the action of a person or organization;strings.
device used to keep the score in billiards—seescore string
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2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, inRail, page23:
Replying on March 20 to a Commons Written Question from Alberto Costa (Conservative, South Leicestershire) about plans towire toLeicester, Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris said: "We are currently investing in the biggest upgrade of the Midland Main Line since it was completed in 1870. [...]
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
I'll justwire your camera to the computer screen.
2004, David Wall,Managing and Securing a Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network,→ISBN, page 2:
Assuming that all of the conference rooms arewired into the LAN, the sales representative would have to carry a cable to connect into any conference room that they visit, find the appropriate wall jack, and connect into the network.
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
There is an enormous neurological consequence to mechanorecptor dysfunction, which is related to how these cells arewired into the spinal cord.
2003, Carol L. Boggs, Ward B. Watt, Paul R. Ehrlich,Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight,→ISBN, page31:
The distal tier of cells has a wider acceptance angle than the proximal tier and different neuronal wiring (distal photoreceptors arewired into the lamina, while proximal photoreceptors arewired into the medulla), as well as a different spectral receptor composition.
To connect,involve orembed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it isplugged in (to that thing)(“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or hasinsinuated itself into (the thing).
1996, H. L. Richardson,Split Ticket,→ISBN, page54:
He was the minority leader's political eyes and ears— nicknamed "the Electrician," due to all the intrigue and legislative shenanigans he waswired into.
1999, Teddi Chichester Bonca, Teddi Lynn Chichester,Shelley's Mirrors of Love: Narcissism, Sacrifice, and Sorority, SUNY Press,→ISBN, page186:
Like the fledgling scientist who tried towire himself into the sisterly circle at Field Place, Prometheus joins the electric circuit formed by his "Fair sister nymphs," Panthea, Asia, ...
2000, Joan D'Arc,Phenomenal World: Remote Viewing, Astral Travel, Apparitions, Extraterrestrials, Lucid Dreams and Other Forms of Intelligent Contact in the Magical Kingdom of Mind-at-Large, Book Tree,→ISBN, page154:
... and quite handy indeed that they also saw fit towire themselves into the social problem that they had a major hand in creating in the first place. This almost blatant orchestration of social conflict is just a ladle in the soup of ...
2002, Penny Gurstein,Wired to the World, Chained to the Home: Telework in Daily Life,→ISBN, page193:
I amwired into my work on a continuous basis. I think that I can shut it off, but in my heart I know I cannot
2006, John F. Stacks,Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism, U of Nebraska Press,→ISBN, page102:
RESTON MOVED QUICKLY to parlay his new prominence bywiring himself into high-level Washington sources, and not just Republicans like Vandenberg.
2006, Don Pendleton,Slaughter House,→ISBN, page180:
"When the island was initially green-lighted for casinos, Hu Dzem figured he was first in line, given the way he waswired into the gambling rackets in Hong Kong and on the mainland.
2007, Michael G. Santos,Inside: Life Behind Bars in America, St. Martin's Press,→ISBN, page132:
Working together with a highly-respected and well-connected gang leader like Lion reduces the risk of detection. Such menwire themselves into the happenings of the pen; they know who can pay how much, and they have finely tuned instincts for the rackets they control. The Nelsons work as a husband-and-wife team, which makes escaping detection easier.
2009, Natalie Welsh,Sentenced to Hell: The Incredible True Story of a Young Mother's Miraculous Escape from Venezuela's Notorious Prison System,→ISBN, page29:
Dealers saw the potential in him because he waswired into all the right social networks, and asked him to start selling pills for them.
2010, John Martin Somers,Pick Your Own Strawberries, Lulu.com,→ISBN, page276:
The remainder of the Inn Crowd started towire themselves into the session. Frank, who was almost always the first to get pissed, was practically gone already, delighted with his career and with his life and determined to drink[…]
2010, Jim Devellano, Roger Lajoie,The Road to Hockeytown: Jimmy Devellano's Forty Years in the NHL,→ISBN, page xi:
He is reallywired into the world of hockey and connected to all facets of the sport. Jimmy iswired into the media as well.
2013, John Rentoul,Tony Blair: Prime Minister, Faber & Faber,→ISBN:
Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope,wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ...
2014, Helen Giltrow,The Distance: A Thriller, Anchor,→ISBN:
A week, and most of it spent inside the compound, but already he's begun towire himself into the environment, read its codes. The pecking order and the power struggles and the personalities. The fixers and the operators, ...
2015 March 30, Bob Raissman, “Duke's Mike Krzyzewski the darling of Final Four coaches”, inNew York Daily News:
The same, obviously, cannot be said for Calipari, or Coach Cal as he's known by all thosewired into the world of college basketball.
2015 April 18, Daniel McDonnell, “Captain Pearce aims to deliver knockout blow to Arsenal in FA Cup”, inIrish Independent:
"In the changing room I'm not very relaxed, I getwired into it then and psyched up but I think it's important not to build the game up in your mind into something that it's not," he asserts.
2015 July 4, John Cassillo, “Neutral Fan at the Final Four: How I Got Through Four Days in Indianapolis Without Syracuse”, inSB Nation:
Duke fans REALLY showed up in the noise department...The cheers may not have been overly varied, but the noise was consistent, and they werewired into every single play that occurred on the court.
2018, Robin Brunet,Let's Get Frank, Douglas & McIntyre,→ISBN:
He has always done this, having a good system forwiring himself in to the daily action and buzz of what's going on with clients and the business in general. He also has a pretty good nose for figuring out who the key influencers are, […]
2019, Frank H Baker, Mason Miller,Stud Managers' Handbook, CRC Press,→ISBN:
All that determines the amount that livestock producers receive is the degree to which theywire themselves into the various sources that are available. However, the primary source is still the land-grant-university system.
(figuratively, usually passive) To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she'swired.
“‘Cept I do hurt people sometimes, Case. I guess it's just the way I'mwired.”
2004, Andrew Radford,English Syntax: An Introduction,→ISBN, page11:
PPT hypothesises that grammatical properties which are universal will not have to be learned by the child, since they arewired into the language faculty and hence part of the child's genetic endowment...
2005, Michael Dunmore,Inside-out Marketing,→ISBN, page 6:
That voyage will be far more comfortable and may involve some sightseeing if internal marketing iswired into organizational culture and strategy rather than something that is done from time to time depending upon the economic cycle.
2011, Jay Pestrichelli, Wayne Ferbert,Buy and Hedge: The 5 Iron Rules for Investing Over the Long Term,→ISBN, page 9:
You make decisions innately; doing so iswired into how you behave.
2011, Kathryn E. Hood, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Gary Greenberg,Handbook of Developmental Science, Behavior, and Genetics,→ISBN:
Maternal instinct iswired into the brain.
2013 March 1, Jay Payleitner,52 Things Daughters Need from Their Dads: What Fathers Can Do to Build a Lasting Relationship, Harvest House Publishers,→ISBN, page132:
If Godwired her to be a corporate tycoon, Olympic champion, presidential hopeful, or Academy Award-winning actress, that's awesome. Come alongside her and cheer her on. But just as awesome is the idea that the plan for her life is far [simpler].
2015 February 18, Orvelin Valle, “This Journalist Nails The Reason Why Young Men Want To Go To War”, inWe Are The Mighty:
It's certainlywired into our language when we talk about, 'C'mon, be a man about it,' or 'Man up.'
