destring

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Definition of destring

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To remove hard fibers or strings from.

“The two men found the three women destringing freshly picked bush beans for the evening meal.”
“I served as an extra pair of hands, occasionally peeling potatoes or destringing celery.”

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verb

(transitive)To remove hard fibers or strings from.

“The two men found the three women destringing freshly picked bush beans for the evening meal.”
“I served as an extra pair of hands, occasionally peeling potatoes or destringing celery.”
(transitive)To convert (a variable of string type) to some other, usually numeric data type.

“I require some help with destringing my variables.”

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From de- + string.

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