(n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
(n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
(n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
(v. t.) To fasten with a cable.
(v. t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
(v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cable
Example Sentences:
(1) A recent visit by a member of Iraq's government from Baghdad to Basra and back cost about $12,000 (£7,800), the cable claimed.
(2) CW Nd:YAG light transmitted by fiber optic cable and sapphire crystal was applied transsclerally to the ciliary body of pigmented and albino rabbits.
(3) Younge, a former head of US cable network the Travel Channel, succeeded Peter Salmon in the role last year.
(4) The last time Vince Cable had a seat in the business department, it was during a high noon of industrial action and state interference in the economy.
(5) Cable argued that the additional £30bn austerity proposed by the chancellor after 2015 went beyond the joint coalition commitment to eradicate the structural part of the UK's current budget deficit – the part of non-investment spending that will not disappear even when the economy has fully emerged from the recession of 2008-09.
(6) The history of events at the end of 2010, from the moment on 4 November when Cable called in the regulators, shows how relentlessly James Murdoch and his PR man Frédéric Michel lobbied and berated the politicians who were trying to stand in their way.
(7) Cable, once a leading critic of City speculation, insists the shares will go to responsible investors.
(8) Cable news channels like Fox News and CNN carried the address, and some of the networks carried it on their digital platforms, but a network insider told Politico on Thursday the speech’s content was too “overtly political” to broadcast.
(9) The effective electrical geometry under the conditions of control and 0.5 mM PNB sufficient to completely abolish the postsynaptic potential were determined from analyses of the membrane charging curves assuming the lumped-soma-short-cable model.
(10) Theresa May to visit India in signal of trading priorities post-Brexit Read more Cable said India had been keen to expand “ Mode 4 ” market access: the ability to bring in staff – Indian IT experts, for example – as part of trading in services.
(11) Cable says that institutional investors would have been inspecting Royal Mail for some time, adding that it's a standard length document for an IPO of this type.
(12) There is an ongoing duel over whether Sky should offer its channels to BT's YouView service, while BT has yet to agree a deal with the cable operator Virgin Media to broadcast its channels.
(13) Emergency teams are still working to reconnect 10,000 households in northern England which lost power in blizzards and gales, after all-night repairs on collapsed cables which left 80,000 cut off.
(14) This kind of spatial expansion has been predicted with cable models of receptive fields where inductive elements are included in modeling the neuronal membranes.
(15) Last month Neil Berkett, Virgin Media's chief executive, said he was "not surprised" YouView had run into trouble, given the number of partners involved, adding that the cable company intended to "take advantage" of the delay.
(16) Despite a lack of traditional campaign organization, a mix of big rallies and constant appearances on cable news helped Trump defeat what had been described as the strongest field in Republican history.
(17) In the WikiLeaks cables, the US ambassador in Berlin characterised the chancellor as "risk-averse and seldom creative".
(18) The Telegraph's secret taping of Cable and fellow Liberal Democrat ministers while pretending to be concerned constituents has raised eyebrows in some media quarters, but the newspaper has claimed a "clear public interest" defence for its actions.
(19) The culture secretary said he "just heard Mr Murdoch out, and basically heard what he had to say about what was on his mind at that time" during the phone conversation on 16 November 2010, when Cable still had responsibility for the bid.
(20) "After the cable landed, we gave unlimited capacity to all the universities.
Lineman
Definition:
(n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc.
(n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.
Example Sentences:
(1) A ferocious interior lineman who has drawn comparison with Houston's JJ Watt, Floyd will help compensate for the departure of seven-time Pro Bowler Richard Seymour.
(2) - Baltimore already had a tough task ahead of them against a Cincinnati team that has put up 40+ points in each of its last four home games, and life got a little bit more difficult this morning when it was confirmed that defensive lineman Arthur Jones would not play, after failing to pass the league’s mandated concussion protocol following the injury he suffered last week against New England.
(3) Frederick has good pedigree, he is the 15th offensive lineman to be drafted out of Wisconsin since 2000.
(4) An investigation conducted for the NFL determined Incognito and two other offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of tackle Jonathan Martin , another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer.
(5) The Miami Herald, indeed, claimed that the canteen table stunt had been pulled on at least one other Dolphins lineman in recent days – suggesting that it was not designed specifically to humiliate Martin.
(6) Big news,” the offensive lineman tweeted as news of the trade broke.
(7) I think that goes for almost every defensive lineman," he says.
(8) 10.07pm GMT Injuries Defensive lineman Mike Neal (knee) joins cornerback Sam Shields in the locker room.
(9) Chance Warmack , offensive guard, Alabama 2.20am BST Titans on the clock... 2.20am BST This was the trade made a few minutes ago by the Rams 2.18am BST No.9 The New York Jets pick... Dee Milliner , cornerback, Alabama (At least they avoided adding yet another quarterback) 2.13am BST Paolo's verdict on Tavon Austin Paolo says: And there you have it – the first non-lineman selected in this year’s draft is West Virginia’s Tavon Austin.
(10) We can also see the appeal of a Magnetic Man album arranged like a dubstep version of BEF's 1982 project Music of Quality and Distinction , where the boffin-techno bods behind Heaven 17 produced everyone from Tina Turner to Sandie Shaw on a series of radical reinterpretations of classics such as Suspicious Minds and Wichita Lineman.
(11) Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin twice considered suicide during a sustained campaign of harassment from teammates, an NFL independent commission’s report has revealed.
(12) ESPN reported that he had sent his fellow offensive lineman a number of threatening phone messages over the last two years, including one voicemail in which he allegedly called the then rookie a “half-nigger piece of shit” .
(13) Someone is going to take a chance on him, and though Ansah enjoyed more success as a down lineman during his last year in college, there is no reason why he can't eventually be effective rushing the passer from a two-point stance.
(14) Caring’s stake in BHS was held via two British Virgin Islands based entities, Dar Jenna and Lineman Holdings, which meant his involvement, while widely rumoured in the fashion industry, was only confirmed by the Guardian last year by leaks from HSBC’s Swiss private bank.
(15) Less than one month away from the start of the NFL season, the San Francisco 49ers' rookie defensive lineman has poor technique, minimal experience and only a modest grasp of the game's strategic element.
(16) He was a football player, an offensive lineman with a reputation for confronting anyone lined up across him.
(17) Carolina Panthers: Star Lotulelei, defensive tackle, Utah Lotulelei is what a lot of analysts will refer to as a "space-eater" – a big guy who does his best work lined up opposite a specific offensive lineman, controlling the gaps either side of that player.
(18) Although treatment alleviated the shoulder symptoms at low-level activities, the patient was unable to successfully compete under the extreme demands of an American football lineman.
(19) Carson recalled that one of his Giants teammates, offensive lineman Roy Simmons, was suspected as being gay and was never ostracized.
(20) Lotulelei is what a lot of analysts will refer to as a “space-eater” – a big guy who does his best work lined up opposite a specific offensive lineman, controlling the gaps either side of that player – rather than seeking to penetrate and make plays in the backfield as Richardson might do.