restring

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verb

To string again; to replace old strings with new strings.

“to restring a tennis racket”

OriginEnglish string ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrestring (third-person singular simple present restrings, present participle restringing, simple past and past participle restrung)

present singular third person restrings · participle present restringing · participle past restrung · past restrung

  1. transitiveTo string again; to replace old strings with new strings.

    to restring a tennis racket

    1 more example

    The balance of the day and evening was filled with preparation for a great hunt—spears were overhauled, quivers were replenished, bows were restrung; and all the while the village witch doctor passed through the busy throngs disposing of various charms and amulets designed to protect the possessor from hurt, or bring him good fortune in the morrow’s hunt.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 130

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishstring
  7. Englishrestring

From re- + string.

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Translations

French recorder
  • recorderstring again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stringerringster
Cite this entry
APA

restring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restring

MLA

“restring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restring.

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