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Meaning of "unstring" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNSTRING

ʌnˈstrɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSTRING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unstring is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb unstring in English.

WHAT DOES UNSTRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unstring in the English dictionary

The first definition of unstring in the dictionary is to remove the strings of. Other definition of unstring is to remove or take from a string. Unstring is also to weaken or enfeeble emotionally.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNSTRING

PRESENT

Present
I unstring
you unstring
he/she/it unstrings
we unstring
you unstring
they unstring
Present continuous
I am unstringing
you are unstringing
he/she/it is unstringing
we are unstringing
you are unstringing
they are unstringing
Present perfect
I have unstrung
you have unstrung
he/she/it has unstrung
we have unstrung
you have unstrung
they have unstrung
Present perfect continuous
I have been unstringing
you have been unstringing
he/she/it has been unstringing
we have been unstringing
you have been unstringing
they have been unstringing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I unstrung
you unstrung
he/she/it unstrung
we unstrung
you unstrung
they unstrung
Past continuous
I was unstringing
you were unstringing
he/she/it was unstringing
we were unstringing
you were unstringing
they were unstringing
Past perfect
I had unstrung
you had unstrung
he/she/it had unstrung
we had unstrung
you had unstrung
they had unstrung
Past perfect continuous
I had been unstringing
you had been unstringing
he/she/it had been unstringing
we had been unstringing
you had been unstringing
they had been unstringing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will unstring
you will unstring
he/she/it will unstring
we will unstring
you will unstring
they will unstring
Future continuous
I will be unstringing
you will be unstringing
he/she/it will be unstringing
we will be unstringing
you will be unstringing
they will be unstringing
Future perfect
I will have unstrung
you will have unstrung
he/she/it will have unstrung
we will have unstrung
you will have unstrung
they will have unstrung
Future perfect continuous
I will have been unstringing
you will have been unstringing
he/she/it will have been unstringing
we will have been unstringing
you will have been unstringing
they will have been unstringing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would unstring
you would unstring
he/she/it would unstring
we would unstring
you would unstring
they would unstring
Conditional continuous
I would be unstringing
you would be unstringing
he/she/it would be unstringing
we would be unstringing
you would be unstringing
they would be unstringing
Conditional perfect
I would have unstring
you would have unstring
he/she/it would have unstring
we would have unstring
you would have unstring
they would have unstring
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been unstringing
you would have been unstringing
he/she/it would have been unstringing
we would have been unstringing
you would have been unstringing
they would have been unstringing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you unstring
we let´s unstring
you unstring
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to unstring
Past participle
unstrung
Present Participle
unstringing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSTRING

bowstring · centring · drawstring · first-string · hamstring · latchstring · lustring · lutestring · maistring · re-string · shoestring · string · superstring

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSTRING

unstopping · unstow · unstrained · unstrap · unstratified · unstreamed · unstrengthened · unstress · unstressed · unstriated · unstrip · unstriped · unstripped · unstruck · unstructured · unstrung · unstuck · unstudied · unstuffed · unstuffy

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSTRING

catering · character string · considering · cosmic string · cut string · drill string · during · engineering · first string · G-string · glass string · hiring · keep on a string · manufacturing · monitoring · offering · open string · photo-sharing · reconnoitring · second string

Synonyms and antonyms of unstring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unstring» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF UNSTRING

Find out the translation of unstring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of unstring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unstring» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

unstring
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

unstring
570 millions of speakers
en

English

unstring
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

unstring
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unstring
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

unstring
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

unstring
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বাদ্যযন্ত্রের তার নামানো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

détendre les cordes
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Unstring
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

abfädeln
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

緩める
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

unstring
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Unstring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nới dây cung
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

unstring
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Unstring
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sinirlendirmek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

unstring
65 millions of speakers
pl

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unstring
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

unstring
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

unstring
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unstring
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontspannen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unstring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unstring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unstring

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSTRING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of unstring
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unstring

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSTRING»

Discover the use of unstring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unstring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cobol Programming
For example, if there are 12 such characters, TALLY -COUNTER will contain 12 if its initial value was 0. 17.3 STRING AND UNSTRING VERBS Two or more strings of characters can be combined to form one longer string with the help of the ...
M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, 1989
2
Sacred Books of the East
lent one: unstring the strong (bow) from (hurting) our patrons, O showerer (of gifts ), and be gracious unto our children and our children's children 1 51. Be thou kindly and well-disposed towards us, O kindliest chief of showerers, lay down thy  ...
F. Max Muller, 1999
3
The Satapatha Brahmana
lent one : unstring the strong (bow) from (hurting) our patrons, O showerer (of gifts ), and be gracious unto our children and our children's children! 51. Be thou kindly and well-disposed towards us, O kindliest chief of showerers, lay down thy  ...
4
Cobol for Students
The purpose of the UNSTRING statement is the opposite of STRING, i.e. to take a large string in a data item and distribute it as shorter strings to several receiving data items. A simplified form of its syntax is: UNSTRING identifier-1 DELIMITED ...
Andrew Parkin, Richard Yorke, 1995
5
The Satapatha Brahmana, Part IV:
What countless thousands of Rudras there are upon earth, their bows do we unstring(and cast away)ata thousand leagues. 55. The Bhavas in this great sea, theair: their bows dowe unstring at a thousand leagues.56.The bluenecked ...
Julius Eggeling, 2014
6
The Traveling Salesman Problem and Its Variations
The alternating use of GENI with its reverse procedure (destructively removing nodes from the tour) forms the basis of the String/Unstring (US) neighborhood structure used in the local search phase of the GENIUS algorithm. Thus, the ...
G. Gutin, A.P. Punnen, 2002
7
A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
Not strengthened ; not supported ; not assisted. Hooker. UNSTRING', v. t. To relax tension ; to loosen ; as, to unstring the nerves. 2. To deprive of strings; as, to unstring a harp. 3. To loose ; to untie. 4. To take from a string ; as, to unstring beads.
Noah Webster, 1832
8
The Art of Making Selfbows
Reverse process to unstring bow, using fingertip to remove loop from nock. B. Bowstringer attached at each end of bow by leather pockets. Lower pocket (on right-hand bowtip) has deeper pocket than upper pocket, which has to be shallow to ...
Stim Wilcox, 2009
9
Computer Programming in Cobol the Easy Way
PROCEDURE DIVISION • THIS PROGRAM ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF THE UNSTRING • • COBOL VERB. TEN RECORDS ARE READ. THROUGH THE □ i USE OF THE UNSTRING VERB, THE STRING OF DATA IS • • MOVED INTO ...
Beverly Rosendorf, 1984
10
Schaum's outline of theory and problems of programming with ...
12 (Both "AB" and "BC" serve as delimiter values, but the UNSTRING statement examines the sending field on a left-to-right basis; hence "AB" is found and recognized as a delimiter before "BC" is encountered.) C3 (Having recognized the ...
Lawrence R. Newcomer, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSTRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unstring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Flora at the ever growing Toledo Zoo
During the cold months the hort staff strings holiday lights (more than a million), then unstring them. They prune trees and bushes, tend to indoor plantings, ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
2
Balancing Acts
Take time to unstring the bow, or it will lose its elasticity.” A VP of finance and operations noted, “It's much easier to [stay fit] as you grow professionally than to put ... «CFO, Jun 15»
3
Goa's pork sausages have much in common with the chorizos of Spain
Then you unstring them and add to a slit pao for a snack. A lot of bright red oil seeps out in the boiling. Only an idiot would throw it out. Goans use it to flavour ... «Hindustan Times, Feb 15»
4
Should Topless Sunbathing Be Allowed? Supermodel Argues
Why are we so scared to unstring and let the good times bounce? Let's hash it out in the comments below. Your opinion is welcome. · Anja Rubik Talks Nudity, ... «Racked National, Sep 14»
5
Kid Craft: Tennis Racket Butterfly Net
A kid's beginner tennis racket has janky plastic strings that the kid can cut off and unstring using a pair of sturdy kitchen scissors. This is also the perfect time to ... «Crafting A Green World, May 14»
6
In Honor Of Lei Day, Everything You Never Knew About Leis
How do you get rid of a lei? Return it to nature. If it's made of a plant, hang it on a tree, bury it in your backyard, or unstring it and give it to the ocean. lei floating. «Huffington Post, May 14»
7
Feeling Very Human: Judge Kemp Speaks Out on Cancer …
They will unstring the lights from their tall Christmas tree, wrapping each ornament in newspaper for safekeeping. However, tomorrow has not come yet. For now ... «PQ Monthly, Jan 14»
8
In Wake of Pastor's Suicide, Richard Land Shares Advice on How …
They need to make time and find a place where they can unstring the bow. Where they can not be on display. Where they can go out in the front yard in the ... «Christian Post, Nov 13»
9
Whirlpools that go bump in the night
It took less than a single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my limbs, and to unstring my nerves." Needless to say, this American ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 13»
10
Paracord Bracelets: 10 Practical Uses (Other Than Fashion)
String your bow, see how it bends, unstring it and do some tillering work, carving the belly of the bow to make the limb bending match. Survive any wilderness ... «Outdoor Life Magazine, Apr 13»
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