cable

noun

1. (material)A long object used to make a physical connection.
2. (material)A long object used to make a physical connection.
3. (material)A long object used to make a physical connection.
4. (material)A long object used to make a physical connection.

   ““And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.”

5. A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

   “I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.”

   “If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
7. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
8. A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
9. 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
10. The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
11. A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
12. A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

verb

1. (transitive)To provide (something) with cable(s).
2. (transitive)To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
3. (transitive)To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
4. (transitive)To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.

   “Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world.”

   “On 8th November Anthony cabled them, ‘Your great-grandson Randal Lewis Casson arrived to-day. Both well,’ and we sent, ‘Congratulations on becoming great-grandparents.’”

5. (intransitive)To communicate by cable.
6. (transitive)To ornament (something) with cabling.
7. (intransitive)To create cable stitches.

   “You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Anglo-Norman.
2. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
3. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
4. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
5. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States: