ALL meanings of cable
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C c - variable noun cable A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals. 3
- variable noun cable A cable is a kind of very strong, thick rope, made of wires twisted together. 3
- uncountable noun cable Cable is used to refer to television systems in which the signals are sent along underground wires rather than by radio waves. 3
- countable noun cable A cable is the same as a telegram. 3
- verb cable If you cable someone, you send them a message in the form of a telegram. 3
- verb cable If a country, a city, or someone's home is cabled, cables and other equipment are put in place so that the people there can receive cable television. 3
- noun cable a strong thick rope, usually of twisted hemp or steel wire 3
- noun cable an anchor chain or rope 3
- noun cable a unit of distance in navigation, equal to one tenth of a sea mile (about 600 feet) 3
- noun cable a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet) 3
- noun cable a wire or bundle of wires that conducts electricity 3
- noun cable a telegram sent abroad by submarine cable, radio, communications satellite, or by telephone line 3
- verb cable to send (a message) to (someone) by cable 3
- verb cable to fasten or provide with a cable or cables 3
- verb cable to supply (a place) with or link (a place) to cable television 3
- noun cable George Washington1844-1925; U.S. novelist 3
- noun cable a thick, heavy rope, now often of wire strands 3
- noun cable the strong, heavy chain attached to a ship's anchor: anchor cables were formerly of rope 3
- noun cable cable length 3
- noun cable a bundle of insulated wires through which an electric current can be passed: telegraph or telephone cables are often laid under the ground or on the ocean floor 3
- noun cable a cablegram 3
- noun cable cable TV 3
- verb transitive cable to fasten or furnish with a cable or cables 3
- verb transitive cable to transmit by undersea cable 3
- verb transitive cable to send a cablegram to 3
- intransitive verb cable to send a cablegram 3
- noun cable A cable is a conducting wire or wires separated and surrounded by a dielectric substance or insulation. 3
- noun cable George Washington, 1844–1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. 1
- verb with object cable to send (a message) by cable. 1
- verb with object cable to send a cablegram to. 1
- verb with object cable to fasten with a cable. 1
- verb with object cable to furnish with a cable. 1
- verb with object cable to join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network: The state will be completely cabled in a few years. 1
- verb without object cable to send a message by cable. 1
- verb without object cable to cable-stitch. 1
- noun cable A thick rope of wire or nonmetallic fiber, typically used for construction, mooring ships, and towing vehicles. 1
- noun cable wire 1
- noun cable wired message 1
- intransitive verb cable send by telegraph 1
- transitive verb cable send a telegraph to 1
- noun cable anchor chain 1
- transitive verb cable provide sth/sb with cable 1
- transitive verb cable supply with cable television 1
- noun cable (material) A long object used to make a physical connection. 0
- noun cable (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables. 0
- noun cable A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable. 0
- noun cable (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile. 0
- noun cable (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar. 0
- noun cable (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope. 0
- verb cable (Transitive Verb) To provide with cable(s). 0