wiring

Verb

wire (third-person singular simple present wires, present participle wiring, simple past and past participle wired)

1. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
   • We need to wire that hole in the fence.
2. To string on a wire.
   • wire beads
3. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
   • Do you know how to wire a plug?

   Synonyms:

   electrify

4. To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
   • I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
5. 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 are wired into the spinal cord.2004, Richard Weinstein, The Stress Effect, →ISBN
6. To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
   • He was the minority leader's political eyes and ears— nicknamed "the Electrician," due to all the intrigue and legislative shenanigans he was wired into.1996, H. L. Richardson, Split Ticket, →ISBN, page 54

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