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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

Synonyms:

telegraph; telegraphy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("telegraph" is a kind of...):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

Derivation:

telegraph (send cables, wires, or telegrams)

telegrapher (someone who transmits messages by telegraph)

telegraphic (of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send cables, wires, or telegrams

Synonyms:

cable; telegraph; wire

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "telegraph" is one way to...):

telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

Domain category:

telegraphy (communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence examples:

They telegraph them the information

They telegraph the information to them

Derivation:

telegraph (apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code))

telegrapher; telegraphist (someone who transmits messages by telegraph)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I see him bow and smile as he passes your window, but I didn't know you'd got up a telegraph.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Nor have I. But the telegraph posts upon this line are sixty yards apart, and the calculation is a simple one.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Finally he drove round to the Charing Cross telegraph office, sent off a message, and then, at last, we made for Baker Street once more.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Weedon, telegraph at once to San Francisco for Doctor Nichols.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Since the honorarium they had offered was three hundred and fifty dollars, Martin thought it not worth while to telegraph.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

What I have endured, and do endure here, is insupportable.” And but for the promptitude of that best of creatures,” said Mrs. Markleham, telegraphing the Doctor as before, and refolding the letter, “it would be insupportable to me to think of.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Telegraph her en route, so that she may be prepared.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Brooke was a trump to telegraph right off, and let us know the minute he was better.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

As we walked home together, Holmes stopped at a telegraph office and sent off several wires.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If she is not quite convalescent you will find that a hint that we were about to telegraph to a young electrician in the Midlands would probably complete the cure.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)