String (strĭng), v. t. [imp.Strung (strŭng); p. p.Strung (R.Stringed (strĭngd)); p. pr. & vb. n.Stringing.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? Gay.
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung. Addison.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. Dryden.
5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.