String

verb

strɪŋ

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”
Similar:Train
Type of:Series
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
“he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”
Similar:Drawstring
Type of:Tie
a necklace made by stringing objects together
“a string of beads”
Similar:Chain Strand
Type of:Necklace
stringed instruments that are played with a bow
“the strings played superlatively well”
a lightweight cord
Similar:Twine
Type of:Cord
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
Type of:AccumulationAggregationAssemblage
a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
Type of:Sequence
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
Type of:Cord
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
Type of:FiberFibre

thread on or as if on a string
“string pearls on a string”
“the child drew glass beads on a string”
Similar:Draw Thread
Type of:Arrange
add as if on a string
“string these ideas together”
“string up these songs and you'll have a musical”
Type of:Add
provide with strings
“string my guitar”
Type of:ChangeAlterModify
remove the stringy parts of
“string beans”
Type of:WithdrawRemoveTake
string together; tie or fasten with a string
“string the package”
Type of:SecureFastenFix
move or come along
Type of:ProgressAdvance
stretch out or arrange like a string
Type of:Arrange