strung

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

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]

Strung \Strung\, imp. & p. p. of String. [1913 Webster]