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Unstring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To remove from a string.

v. To unfasten or loosen the strings of.

v. Informal To deprive of composure or emotional stability; unnerve.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To remove the string or strings from.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string.

v. To loosen the string or strings of.

v. To relax the tension of; to loosen.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In archery, to loosen or remove the bowstring from one end of (the bow), which is thus relieved of all tension and becomes quite or nearly straight: opposed to brace and string. Bows are kept unstrung when not in use, except among some primitive peoples.

To deprive of strings; also, to relax or untune the strings of: as, to unstring a harp. To loose; untie. To take from a string: as, to unstring beads.

To relax the tension of; loosen; weaken: as, to unstring the nerves.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove the strings from

Word Usage

"The examiner may string colored beads into a pattern and then unstring the beads and ask your child to re-create that pattern."

Verb Form

unstringed unstringing unstrings unstrung

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

remove take withdraw take away

Variant

unstrung

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

loosen Loos

Same Context

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unfitted distraught unserviceable indisposed unconvinced