Meaning

• (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.

• (communications) 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."

• A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

• A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.

• (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.

• The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.

• A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.

• A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

Meaning

• To provide with cable(s)

• To fasten (as if) with cable(s)

• To wrap wires to form a cable

• To send a telegram by cable

• To communicate by cable

• To ornament with cabling.

• To create cable stitches.