"string together" meaning in All languages combined

See string together on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: strings together [present, singular, third-person], stringing together [participle, present], strung together [participle, past], strung together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|string<,,strung> together}} string together (third-person singular simple present strings together, present participle stringing together, simple past and past participle strung together)
  1. To connect or attach (some things) using string or a string-like material.
    Sense id: en-string_together-en-verb-svmJAKOC
  2. (transitive, by extension, figurative) To put together in a series or sequence. Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive Translations (put together in a series): hilvanar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-string_together-en-verb-Hl022ySR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "together", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "together": 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'put together in a series': 19 81

Inflected forms

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