string
verb/strɪŋ/
/strɪŋ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they string | /strɪŋ/ /strɪŋ/ |
| he / she / it strings | /strɪŋz/ /strɪŋz/ |
| past simple strung | /strʌŋ/ /strʌŋ/ |
| past participle strung | /strʌŋ/ /strʌŋ/ |
| -ing form stringing | /ˈstrɪŋɪŋ/ /ˈstrɪŋɪŋ/ |
- to hang or tie something in place, especially as decoration
- string something + adv./prep. We strung paper lanterns up in the trees.
- string A on, along, in, etc. B Flags were strung out along the route.
- string B with A The route was strung with flags.
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- string something + adv./prep. to put a series of small objects on string, etc.; to join things together with string, etc. synonym thread
- She had strung the shells on a silver chain.
- (figurative) carbon atoms strung together to form giant molecules
- string something to put a string or strings on a racket or musical instrument see also highly strung
hang decoration
join things
racket/musical instrument
Word OriginOld English streng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.
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