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.
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            Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
            With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
                                                  --Gay.
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   2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
      in order to play upon it.
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            For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
            That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
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   4. To make tense; to strengthen.
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            Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
      string beans. See String, n., 9.
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   6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung
      him along all day until he realized we were kidding.
      [Slang]
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	Strung \Strung\,
   imp. & p. p. of String.
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	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]

	

	strung
     adj : that is on a string; "keys strung on a red cord"

	

	strung
     See string

	

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