noun
a lightweight cord
Synonyms
noun
stringed instruments that are played with a bow
Synonyms
bowed stringed instrument
Examples
- the strings played superlatively well
noun
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
noun
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
Synonyms
Examples
- a string of islands
- train of mourners
- a train of thought
noun
a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
noun
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
Synonyms
Examples
- he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
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
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
Synonyms
cosmic string
noun
a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
noun
a necklace made by stringing objects together
Synonyms
Examples
- a string of beads
- a strand of pearls
verb
thread on or as if on a string
Synonyms
Examples
- string pearls on a string
- the child drew glass beads on a string
- thread dried cranberries
verb
add as if on a string
Synonyms
string up
Examples
- string these ideas together
- string up these songs and you'll have a musical
verb
move or come along
Synonyms
string along
verb
stretch out or arrange like a string
verb
string together
Examples
- tie or fasten with a string
- string the package
verb
remove the stringy parts of
Examples
- string beans
verb
provide with strings
Examples
- string my guitar