STRING

chain, string, strand

(noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together; “a string of beads”; “a strand of pearls”

drawstring, drawing string, string

(noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; “he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”

string, twine

(noun) a lightweight cord

string

(noun) a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

string

(noun) a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

string

(noun) a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

string, train

(noun) 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”; “a train of thought”

string, cosmic string

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

string

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

string, string up

(verb) add as if on a string; “string these ideas together”; “string up these songs and you’ll have a musical”

string

(verb) provide with strings; “string my guitar”

string, thread, draw

(verb) thread on or as if on a string; “string pearls on a string”; “the child drew glass beads on a string”; “thread dried cranberries”

string

(verb) remove the stringy parts of; “string beans”

string

(verb) string together; tie or fasten with a string; “string the package”

string

(verb) stretch out or arrange like a string

string, string along

(verb) move or come along

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

string (countable and uncountable, plural strings)

(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.

(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

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.

(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

(countable) A series of items or events.

(countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

(countable, computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

(music, countable) A stringed instrument.

(music, usually, in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

(countable, physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana.

(billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

(historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

(billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

(billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

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

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

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

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

(architecture) A stringcourse.

(dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.

synonym of stable

Synonyms

• (long, thin structure): cord, rope, line

• (this structure as a substance): cord, rope, twine

• (anything long and thin)

• (cohesive substance in the form of a string)

• (series of items or events): sequence, series

• (sequence of characters in computing)

• (stringed instruments): string section the strings, or the string section

• (conditions): conditions, provisos

• See also string

Hyponyms

• cosmic string

• heartstrings

• magic string

• score string

• second string

Verb

string (third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past and past participle strung)

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

(transitive) To put strings on (something).

(intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

(intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.

Synonyms

• (put on a string): thread

• (put strings on): lace

Source: Wiktionary

String, n. Etym: [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. sträng, Dan. stræng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see Strong); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E. strangle.]

1. 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. Shak. Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. Prior.

2. 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. "A string of islands." Gibbon.

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

4. 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. "An instrument of ten strings." Ps. xxx. iii. 2. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. Milton.

5. The line or cord of a bow. Ps. xi. 2. He twangs the grieving string. Pope.

6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root. Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. Bacon.

7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body. The string of his tongue was loosed. Mark vii. 35.

8. (Shipbuilding)

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

9. (Bot.)

Definition: 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. (Mining)

Definition: A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. Ure.

11. (Arch.)

Definition: Same as Stringcourse.

12. (Billiards)

Definition: The points made in a game. String band (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments.

– String beans. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean.

– To have two strings to one's bow, to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.

String, v. t. [imp. Strung; p. p. Strung (R. Stringed); p. pr. & vb. n. Stringing.]

1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street Gay.

2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. Addison.

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

4. To make tense; to strengthen. Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. Dryden.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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