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to restring

to restring

1 4.4
To put new strings on a musical instrument or sports racket
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈstrɪŋ/
: cambiar las cuerdas
  • Abigail carefully restrings her guitar before the big concert to ensure the best sound.

If you're a guitar player, it's clean, restrung, tuned, put in a box.

Examples

  • Kyle exhales, takes the bomb and, with Danny holding it, carefully restrings the bungee.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I remember seeing crews restringing wires even with the tree still standing.

    Blog text (2)

  • Restrings your guitar one day, stops you from playing it the next.

    The Ledge (2011)

  • If you're a guitar player, it's clean, restrung, tuned, put in a box.

    Dodge Woodall

  • Self is restringing this bow subtly, almost without anyone noticing.

    Blog text (24)

  • Val and Earl are restringing a dilapidated and seemingly endless barbed wire fence.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • After breaking a string during practice, he decided to restring his favorite racquet for the upcoming match.

  • Before the performance, she made sure to restring her violin for a clear and resonant tone.

Antonyms

to unstring
1 8.1

To take the thin cords off a musical instrument or bow

Surface Forms

restring infinitive
restringing present participle
restrings third person singular
restrung past
restrung past participle

Morphology

restring = string (transparent) = re + string

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'string', yielding 'put strings on again or anew'.

Etymology

The word restring comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the everyday word string, a thin cord used on instruments and rackets. So to restring is to put new strings on something or to put strings on again, like a guitar or a tennis racket.