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stringing

SaySTRING-ing/ˈstɹɪŋɪŋ/

Noun pluralstringings

3 meanings of stringing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of string. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action itself.

    She is stringing beads onto a thin cord.

    He kept stringing lights along the fence until dark.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of putting strings onto something, such as a guitar or a racket.

    Like threading new laces through a pair of shoes.

    The stringing on her racket needed to be replaced.

    Good stringing keeps a guitar sounding clear.

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  3. 3
    noununcountable
    Thin threads of plastic left on a 3D print where they should not be.

    Like the thin threads of melted cheese that hang from a hot pizza slice.

    The print came out covered in stringing between the towers.

    Lowering the temperature helped reduce the stringing on my models.

    Similaroozing

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stringing is a form of string

string, verb: To put things onto a string, one after another. Full entry

Forms
stringstrings he/she/itstringing -ing formstrung past tense, past participle
Spelling
string → stringing: add -ing

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