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Verb string has 7 senses
- string, thread, draw - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
--1 is one way to arrange, set up
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Somebody ----s something
- string, string up - add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
--2 is one way to add
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Somebody ----s something
- string, string along - move or come along
--3 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- string - stretch out or arrange like a string
--4 is one way to arrange, set up
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- string - string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
--5 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
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Somebody ----s something
- string - remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
--6 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Somebody ----s something
- string - provide with strings; "string my guitar"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: unstring
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