cable : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
  jumper lead; lead; booster cable.
  
  • it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads

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• the cable belonging to the bower anchor.

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• (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above.

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• noun a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
  car.
  
  • they took a cable car to the top of the mountain

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• noun a nautical unit of depth
  cable length; cable.
  

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• noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
  funicular; funicular railway.
  

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• a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor.

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• noun a television system that transmits over cables
  cable television; cable; cable system.
  

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• noun television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
  cable.
  
• noun a television system that transmits over cables
  cable television; cable; cable system.
  

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• noun a television system that transmits over cables
  cable television; cable; cable system.
  

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• . (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable.

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• noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
  tram; aerial tramway; ropeway; tramway.
  

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• noun a nautical unit of depth
  cable length; cable.
  

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• the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).

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• a cable made of iron links.

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• noun a transmission line for high-frequency signals
  coax; coax cable.
  

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• noun a transmission line for high-frequency signals
  coax; coax cable.
  

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• . See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.

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• noun a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations
  

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• noun any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets
  

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• noun a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light
  fiber optic cable.
  

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• noun a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light
  fiber optic cable.
  

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• noun a mooring cable; runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor
  

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• noun a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
  guy rope; guy; guy wire.
  

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• noun a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
  jumper lead; lead; booster cable.
  
  • it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads

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• noun cable used to distribute electricity
  power line.
  

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• noun a cable between a computer and a printer
  

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• (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the anchor.

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• the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

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• (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.

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• . (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable.

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• a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas.

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• . See Telegraph.
• . See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.

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• a telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by a body of water.

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• a telegraphic cable consisting of several conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and protecting material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass for use on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under ground, as in a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean.

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• the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.

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• (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor.

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• (Naut.), to break it.

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• to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole.

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• to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et.

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• . (Naut.) See under Cable.

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• to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.

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• (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out.

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