Definition of string

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Definition of string

  • thread on or as if on a string (verb)

    Examples

    1. string pearls on a string
    2. the child drew glass beads on a string

    Synonyms

    1. draw
    2. thread
  • add as if on a string (verb)

    Examples

    1. string these ideas together
    2. string up these songs and you'll have a musical

    Synonyms

    1. string up
  • a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding (noun)

    Examples

    1. a string of islands

    Synonyms

    1. train
  • a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening (noun)

    Examples

    1. he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

    Synonyms

    1. drawing string
    2. drawstring
  • move or come along (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. string along
  • a necklace made by stringing objects together (noun)

    Examples

    1. a string of beads

    Synonyms

    1. chain
    2. strand
  • a lightweight cord (noun)

    Synonyms

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

    Synonyms

    1. cosmic string
  • stringed instruments that are played with a bow (noun)

    Examples

    1. the strings played superlatively well

    Synonyms

    1. bowed stringed instrument
  • a collection of objects threaded on a single strand (noun)
  • a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.) (noun)
  • a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket (noun)
  • a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) (noun)
  • provide with strings (verb)

    Examples

    1. string my guitar
  • remove the stringy parts of (verb)

    Examples

    1. string beans
  • stretch out or arrange like a string (verb)
  • string together; tie or fasten with a string (verb)

    Examples

    1. string the package

See definition of string in Merriam Webster