Definition of String

Noun: string  string

  1. A lightweight cord
    - twine
     
  2. A stringed instrument that is played with a bow
    "the strings played superlatively well";
    - bowed stringed instrument
     
  3. (music) a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
     
  4. A sequentially ordered set of things, events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
    "a string of islands";
    - train
     
  5. A linear sequence of symbols (characters, words or phrases)
     
  6. A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
    "he pulled the string and closed the bag";
    - drawstring, drawing string
     
  7. A tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
     
  8. A collection of objects threaded on a single strand
     
  9. A necklace made by a stringing objects together
    "a string of beads";
    - chain, strand
     
  10. (physics, string theory) a hypothetical one-dimensional object living in extended dimensions; vibrational states can represent subatomic particles or similar
Verb: string (strung)  string
  1. Thread on or as if on a string
    "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string";
    - thread, draw
     
  2. Add as if on a string
    "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical";
    - string up
     
  3. Move or come along
    - string along
     
  4. Stretch out or arrange like a string
     
  5. Tie, fasten or join together with a string
    "string the package"
     
  6. Remove the stringy parts of
    "string beans"
     
  7. Provide with strings
    "string my guitar"

See also:
Strine
stringcourse

Anagrams containing the word string

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