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   String

   /striNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length: "unwieldy packs tied up with string" Similar twinecordyarnthreadstrandfiberropecablelinewireligaturethonghawserrare:fillis
   • ▪ a piece of string used to tie around or attach to something: "the elephant mask had a trunk you could raise by pulling a string"
   • ▪ a piece of catgut or similar material interwoven with others to form the head of a sports racket.
   • ▪ a length of catgut or wire on a musical instrument, producing a note by vibration: "the D string broke"
   • ▪ the stringed instruments in an orchestra: "the blend of the wind-group is less perfect than that of the strings" Similar stringed instruments
   • ▪ relating to or consisting of stringed instruments: "a string quartet"
   • 2. a set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord: "she wore a string of agates around her throat" Similar strandropenecklacerosarychaplet
   • ▪ a sequence of similar items or events: "a string of burglaries" Similar seriessuccessionchainsequenceconcatenationrunstreakpattern
   • ▪ a linear sequence of characters, words, or other data.
   • ▪ a group of racehorses trained at one stable.
   • ▪ a team or player holding a specified position in an order of preference: "Gary was first string on the varsity football team"
   • 3. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food, such as a tough elongated piece connecting the two halves of a bean pod.
   • 4. short for stringboard
   • 5. a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having the dynamical properties of a flexible loop.
   • ▪ a hypothetical threadlike concentration of energy within the structure of space–time.

   verb

   • 1. hang (something) so that it stretches in a long line: "lights were strung across the promenade" Similar hangsuspendslingstretchthreadloopfestoonstretchslingrunfastentiesecurelink
   • ▪ thread (a series of small objects) on a string: "he collected stones with holes in them and strung them on a strong cord" Similar threadlooplinkjoin
   • ▪ be arranged in a long line: "the houses were strung along the road"
   • 2. fit a string or strings to (a musical instrument, a racket, or a bow): "the harp had been newly strung"
   • 3. remove the strings from (a bean).
   • 4. another term for lag British

   Word Origin Old Englishstreng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stringless adjective
   • 2. stringlike adjective

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