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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strung \Strung\, imp. & p. p. of {String}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
String \String\ (str[i^]ng), verb (used with an object) [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.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay.
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden.
5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, noun, 9.
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
string
noun
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}]
verb
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
adjective: that is on a string; "keys strung on a red cord"
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
strung See {string}
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