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tel·e·graph
I. \ˈteləˌgraf, -raa(ə)f, -raif, -rȧf\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French télégraphe, from télé- tel- (I) + -graphe -graph
1.
a. : an apparatus for communication at a distance by means of preconcerted signals; broadly : an apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance other than the ordinary ones of speech and letter writing — compare semaphore
b. : an electrical apparatus consisting essentially of a wire that forms a complete circuit, a source of current, a transmitter by which the circuit can be made or broken at will, and a receiver that is affected by every make and break so that an audible or visual indication is given (as by deflection of a pointer, marks made on a moving tape, or sharp clicks) — compare printer 2b
c. : an electrical or mechanical apparatus that is used on a ship for issuing or repeating orders from and to the bridge
2. : telegram
3. : a device (as an elevated board or framework) on which information can be displayed (as for the benefit of spectators at a game or race)
4. : an inclined trough, chute, or similar device through which coal or other material slides to a lower level
5. : telegraph stamp
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to send or communicate by or as if by telegraph
< telegraph news >
< telegraph congratulations >
< sensory nerves which immediately telegraph to the brain the sensations experienced by them — T.D.Buchanan >
< the kiss from her full, pouty lips telegraphed itself to his toes — T.W.Duncan >
b. : to send a telegram to
c. : to send (as flowers or money) by means of a telegraphic order
2. : to display (as a score) on a telegraph board
3.
a. : to make known by signs : signal
< a look about him which telegraphed bad news — Niven Busch >
< a jaw that telegraphed to every movie villain that here was a man who would take no foolishness — Emmett Kelly >
b. : to reveal unknowingly and in advance the intention with respect to (as a blow, move, or pitch)
< swung, but he telegraphed it and the other ducked easily — G.A.Wagner >
intransitive verb
1. : to send a telegram : communicate or signal by telegraph
2. : to telegraph something |