string

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

2. 2noun

   A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

3. 3noun

   A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

4. 4noun

   The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.

5. 5noun

   The line or cord of a bow.

6. 6noun

   A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

7. 7noun

   A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

8. 8noun

   An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

9. 9noun

   The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

10. 10noun

    A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

11. 11noun

    Same as Stringcourse.

12. 12noun

    The points made in a game.

13. 13transitive verb

    To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

14. 14transitive verb

    To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.

15. 15transitive verb

    To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

16. 16transitive verb

    To make tense; to strengthen.

17. 17transitive verb

    To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String., 9.

18. 18noun

    stringed instruments that are played with a bow

    "the strings played superlatively well"

19. 19noun

    a necklace made by a stringing objects together

    "a string of beads"

    "a strand of pearls"

    Synonyms

    chainstrand
20. 20noun

    a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

    "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

    Synonyms

    drawstring
21. 21noun

    a lightweight cord

    Synonyms

    twine
22. 22noun

    a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

23. 23noun

    a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

24. 24noun

    a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

25. 25noun

    a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

    "a string of islands"

    "train of mourners"

    Synonyms

    train
26. 26noun

    (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

27. 27noun

    a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

28. 28verb

    add as if on a string

    "string these ideas together"

    "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"

29. 29verb

    provide with strings

    "string my guitar"

30. 30verb

    thread on or as if on a string

    "string pearls on a string"

    "the child drew glass beads on a string"

    Synonyms

    drawthread
31. 31verb

    remove the stringy parts of

    "string beans"

32. 32verb

    string together; tie or fasten with a string

    "string the package"

33. 33verb

    stretch out or arrange like a string

34. 34verb

    move or come along