string
/stɹɪŋ/ verb C2- To put (items) on a string. · You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
- To put strings on (something). · It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
He/she/it strings · Past strung · Past participle strung · -ing form stringing
Verb forms
- Base form
- string
- He/she/it
- strings
- Past
- strung
- Past participle
- strung
- -ing form
- stringing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Barrois touched a spring, the false bottom came out, and they saw a bundle of papers tied with a black string.
One end of a string was tied around the neck of each mouse and the other end to the truck.
“Then send for them all to come here as soon as possible, and let each one bring a long piece of string.”
They came from all directions, and there were thousands of them: big mice and little mice and middle-sized mice; and each one brought a piece of string in his mouth.
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