(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Telegraph is a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals. Telegraph was used more often before the invention of telephones.
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
2.
To ~ someone means to send them a message by ~.
Churchill ~ed an urgent message to Wavell...
VERB: V n to n
3.
If someone ~s something that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it.
The commission ~ed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
VERB: V n