string
noun
1. a lightweight cord
Similar word(s): twine
Definition categories: man–made, cord
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- the strings played superlatively well
Definition categories: man–made
3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
Definition categories: man–made, cord
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
Similar word(s): train
Definition categories: group, series
5. a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
Definition categories: communication, sequence
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
Similar word(s): drawstring
Definition categories: man–made, tie
7. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
Definition categories: substance, fiber, fibre
8. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
Definition categories: object
9. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
Definition categories: man–made, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
10. a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a string of beads
Similar word(s): chain, strand
Definition categories: man–made, necklace
Sentences with string as a noun:
- a violin string
- a bowstring
- a string of shells or beads; a string of sausages
- The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
- a string of successes
- no strings attached
- the strings of beans
verb
1. thread on or as if on a string
- string pearls on a string
- the child drew glass beads on a string
Definition categories: contact, arrange
2. add as if on a string
- string these ideas together
- string up these songs and you'll have a musical
Definition categories: change, add
3. move or come along
Definition categories: motion, advance, progress
4. stretch out or arrange like a string
Definition categories: contact, arrange
5. string together; tie or fasten with a string
- string the package
Definition categories: contact, fasten, fix, secure
6. remove the stringy parts of
- string beans
Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw
7. provide with strings
- string my guitar
Definition categories: contact, alter, change, modify
Sentences with string as a verb:
- You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
- It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.