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STRING UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Add as if on a string
Example:
string up these songs and you'll have a musical
Synonyms:
string; string up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "string up" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Kill by hanging
Example:
The murderer was hanged on Friday
Synonyms:
hang; string up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "string up" is one way to...):
execute; put to death (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "string up"):
halter (hang with a halter)
gibbet (hang on an execution instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to string up the prisoners
