string (n.)

  1. a lightweight cord

    [ Syn: twine ]

  2. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; a string of beads; a strand of pearls;

    [ Syn: chain , strand ]

  3. stringed instruments that are played with a bow; the strings played superlatively well

    [ Syn: bowed stringed instrument ]

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

  5. 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

    [ Syn: train ]

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

  7. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

    [ Syn: drawstring , drawing string ]

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

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

    [ Syn: cosmic string ]

  10. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

    string (v.)

  1. thread on or as if on a string; string pearls on a string; the child drew glass beads on a string; thread dried cranberries

    [ Syn: thread , draw ]

  2. add as if on a string; string these ideas together; string up these songs and youll have a musical

    [ Syn: string up ]

  3. move or come along

    [ Syn: string along ]

  4. stretch out or arrange like a string

  5. string together; tie or fasten with a string; string the package'

  6. remove the stringy parts of; string beans'

  7. provide with strings; string my guitar'

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
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