UNSTRING (unstrung)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: unstrung   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unstring mean? 

• UNSTRING (verb)
  The verb UNSTRING has 1 sense:

1. remove the strings from

  Familiarity information: UNSTRING used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSTRING (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the strings from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

unstring my guitar

Hypernyms (to "unstring" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

string (provide with strings)

 Context examples 

I was mightily refreshed by the beverage; as much so as a giant with wine: it gave new tone to my unstrung nerves, and enabled me to address this penetrating young judge steadily.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Well, he is not a ghost; yet every nerve I have is unstrung: for a moment I am beyond my own mastery.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)