STRING OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does string out mean? 

• STRING OUT (verb)
  The verb STRING OUT has 1 sense:

1. set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series

  Familiarity information: STRING OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRING OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

spread out; string out

Context example:

the houses were strung out in a long row

Hypernyms (to "string out" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP