cable
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/ verb C2- To provide (something) with cable(s).
- To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
- To communicate by cable.
- To ornament (something) with cabling.
- To create cable stitches.
He/she/it cables · Past cabled · Past participle cabled · -ing form cabling
Verb forms
- Base form
- cable
- He/she/it
- cables
- Past
- cabled
- Past participle
- cabled
- -ing form
- cabling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“You have not had a cable, have you?”
I received this cable from Mrs.
The boat that now arrived, assured by the answering signal that all was well, soon came in sight, white and silent as a phantom, and cast anchor within a cable’s length of shore.
We rode a cable car up a tall hill.
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