Dictionary

string out en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To extend on or as if by strings, wires, etc.
   • Let's string out these lights across the patio.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner.
   • Do we really need to string out this discussion any further?
   • I've run out of things to say, but somehow I need to string out this essay to two thousand words.
3. (slang, transitive) To bring under the influence of narcotics.
4. (intransitive, slang) To experience withdrawal symptoms of an addiction to narcotics.

Forms

Translations (4)

de ausdehnen (to prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner) · de ausspannen (to extend on or as if by strings, wires etc.) · de hinausziehen (to prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner) · de ausdehnen (to extend on or as if by strings, wires etc.)