"destring" meaning in All languages combined

See destring on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: destrings [present, singular, third-person], destringing [participle, present], destringed [participle, past], destringed [past]
Etymology: de- + string Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|string}} de- + string Head templates: {{en-verb}} destring (third-person singular simple present destrings, present participle destringing, simple past and past participle destringed)
  1. (transitive) to remove hard fibers or strings from something soft Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-destring-en-verb-E29Wu8L4
  2. (computing, transitive) to convert a variable that is of a string type to some other, usually numeric data type Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-destring-en-verb-vxtpn6QC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 42 58 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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