Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove the string or strings from.

    Unstring the bows before storing them.

    remove the strings from

  2. (transitive)To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.

  3. To defuse or relax.

  4. To remove from a string; to release something that has been strung up or strung together.

  5. To untie.

  6. (transitive)To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter.

Origin

From un- + string.

From un- + string.

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Forms

unstrings, unstringing, unstrung, unstrung
Base formunstring · to unstring
3rd person singularunstrings
Present participleunstringing
Past simpleunstrung
Past participleunstrung

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunstring
he, she, itunstrings

Past simpleLesson

all personsunstrung

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unstrung
he, she, ithas unstrung

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unstring

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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