1. That is on a string
   "keys strung on a red cord"

1. Thread on or as if on a string
   "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string";
   - thread, draw
    
2. Tie, fasten or join together with a string
   "string the package"
    
3. Stretch out or arrange like a string
   "The decorator strung lights across the patio"
    
4. Add as if on a string
   "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical";
   - string up
    
5. Move or come along
   "You can string along if you like";
   - string along [informal]
    
6. Provide with strings
   "string my guitar"
    
7. Remove the stringy parts of
   "string beans"
    
8. (billiards/pool) determine who plays first by simultaneously shooting balls to the far rail and back, with the player whose ball stops closest to the head rail winning
   "They strung for the break";
   - lag [N. Amer]

See also: spread out

Type of: add, advance, alter, arrange, change, fasten, fix, go on, march on, modify, move on, pass on, progress, remove, secure, set up, take, take away, withdraw

Antonym: unstring

Encyclopedia: String