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string

/stɹˈɪŋ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

  1. a lightweight cord
  2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow
    “the strings played superlatively well”
  3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
  4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
    “a string of islands”
  5. a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
  6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
    “he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”
  7. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
  8. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
  9. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
  10. a necklace made by stringing objects together
    “a string of beads”

verb

  1. thread on or as if on a string
    “string pearls on a string”
  2. add as if on a string
    “string these ideas together”
  3. move or come 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”

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