Found 5 hits - Term: strung, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
string \string\ stri^ng, v. t. imp. strung stru^ng;
p. p. strung r. stringed stri^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
see also:
strung stringed stringing string
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
strung \strung\,
imp. p. p. of string.
1913 webster
see also:
string
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
twine bowed stringed instrument train drawstring drawing string chain
strand thread draw string up string along
unstring strung
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
strung
adj : that is on a string; "keys strung on a red cord"
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
strung
see string
see also:
string
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