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restring

restring verb: to string again; to replace old strings with new strings.

Verb

restring (third-person singular simple present restrings, present participle restringing, simple past and past participle restrung)

  1. (transitive) To string again; to replace old strings with new strings.
    • to restring a tennis racket
    • The balance of the day and evening was filled with preparation for a great hunt—spears were overhauled, quivers were replenished, bows were restrung; and all the while the village witch doctor passed through the busy throngs disposing of various charms and amulets designed to protect the possessor...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 130

Forms of restring

third-person singular presentrestrings
present participlerestringing
past participlerestrung
pastrestrung

Origin of restring

From re- + string.

Questions about restring

What does restring mean?
Restring means to string again; to replace old strings with new strings.
What part of speech is restring?
Restring is a verb.
What is the past tense of restring?
The past tense of restring is restrung.

Words near restring in the dictionary

  1. restrictory
  2. restricts
  3. restrike
  4. restrikes
  5. restriking
  6. restring
  7. restringe
  8. restringed
  9. restringency
  10. restringent
  11. restringents

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