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destringing

destringing is the present participle and gerund of destring.

Meaning of destring

Verb

destring (third-person singular simple present destrings, present participle destringing, simple past and past participle destringed)

  1. (transitive) To remove hard fibers or strings from.
    • The two men found the three women destringing freshly picked bush beans for the evening meal.
  2. (transitive) To convert (a variable of string type) to some other, usually numeric data type.
    • I require some help with destringing my variables.
    Synonyms:
    destringify
    Antonyms:
    stringify

Questions about destringing

What is destringing the present participle and gerund of?
Destringing is the present participle and gerund of destring.

Words near destringing in the dictionary

  1. destringed
  2. destringified
  3. destringifies
  4. destringify
  5. destringifying
  6. destringing
  7. destrings
  8. destrins
  9. destripe
  10. destriped
  11. destriper

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