string

noun

  1. 1

    stringed instruments that are played with a bow

    the strings played superlatively well

  2. 2

    a necklace made by a stringing objects together

    a string of beads

    a strand of pearls

  3. 3

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

    he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

  4. 4

    a lightweight cord

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    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

  9. 9

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

  10. 10

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

verb

  1. 1

    add as if on a string

    string these ideas together

    string up these songs and you'll have a musical

  2. 2

    provide with strings

    string my guitar

Synonyms

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