Strung is the past tense of the verb “string,” which means to thread things onto a cord or wire, or to stretch something between two points. When you've strung beads onto a necklace, you've carefully pushed each bead onto the string one by one. When workers have strung telephone wires between poles, they've stretched and fastened those wires so they can carry signals from place to place.

The word also describes arranging things in a line. If paper lanterns are strung across a backyard for a party, they hang in a connected row. During the holidays, lights might be strung along the roofline of a house.

You might hear someone described as high-strung, meaning nervous or tense, like a guitar string pulled very tight. When things are strung together, they're connected in sequence: you might string together several good days in a row, or a storyteller might string together different tales to make one longer narrative.