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5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: String \String\ (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[u^]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. [1913 Webster] Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay. [1913 Webster] 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. [1913 Webster] For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. [1913 Webster] 4. To make tense; to strengthen. [1913 Webster] Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, n., 9. [1913 Webster] 6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Strung \Strung\, imp. & p. p. of {String}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: string n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: {twine}] 2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" [syn: {bowed stringed instrument}] 3: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed 4: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" [syn: {train}] 5: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) 6: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" [syn: {drawstring}, {drawing string}] 7: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand 8: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: {chain}, {strand}] v 1: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" [syn: {thread}, {draw}] 2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: {string up}] 3: move or come along [syn: {string along}] 4: stretch out or arrange like a string 5: string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package" 6: remove the stringy parts of; "string beans" 7: provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: {unstring}] [also: {strung}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: strung adj : that is on a string; "keys strung on a red cord" From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: strung See {string}
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