unstrung

«unstrung» in Mova's school dictionary: to take its string off, so that it is no longer ready to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; past form of unstring (unstring, unstrings, unstrung, unstringing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To unstring a bow is to take its string off, so that it is no longer ready to fire. tree →

2) In talk, unstrung means very nervous or upset. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a prince unstrung his bow as a sign of peace; in talk «she was unstrung» means she was very upset

examples

• The prince unstrung his bow. tree →
• The archer unstrung his bow after the hunt. tree →
• After the bad news, she felt unstrung. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unstrung» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.