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string /string/ noun- A small cord or a piece of it
- Cord of any size
- A hangman's rope
- A piece of anything for tying
- Anything of similar character, such as a tendon, nerve or fibre
- A leash
- A shoelace (N American)
- A stretched piece of catgut, silk, wire, or other material in a musical instrument
- (in pl) the stringed instruments played by a bow in an orchestra or other combination
- (in pl) their players
- The cord of an archery bow
- In theoretical physics, a minute, one-dimensional entity in space (see string theory below)
- The thread of a necklace or the like
- Anything on which things are threaded
- A filing cord
- A set of things threaded together or arranged as if threaded
- A train, succession, file, or series
- A sequence of alphanumeric characters (computing)
- (of horses, camels, etc) a drove or number
- A long bunch
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept (billiards)
- Hence, the score itself
- A sloping joist supporting the steps in wooden stairs
- A string course
- A hoax (slang)
- (in pl) awkward or undesirable conditions or limitations
adjective Of, like or for string or strings transitive verb (pat and pap strung)- To fit or furnish with a string or strings
- To put in tune (poetic)
- To make tense or firm
- To tie up
- To hang
- To extend like a string
- To put on or in a string
- To take the strings or stringy parts off
- To hoax, humbug (slang)
intransitive verb- To stretch out into a long line
- To form into strings
- (of glues, etc) to become stringy
- To be hanged (Scot)
- (in billiards) to drive the ball against the end of the table and back, to decide who is to begin
ORIGIN: OE streng; cf Du streng, Ger Strang, ON strengr stringed /stringd/ adjective - Having strings
- Of stringed instruments
stringer /stringˈər/ noun - Someone who or that which strings
- A horizontal member in a framework (architecture)
- An interior horizontal plank, supporting the beam-ends of a ship (nautical)
- A narrow mineral vein
- A journalist employed part-time by a newspaper or news agency to cover a particular (esp remote) town or area
stringˈily adverb stringˈiness noun stringˈing noun stringˈless adjective stringˈy adjective - Consisting of, or abounding in, strings or small threads
- Fibrous
- Capable of being drawn into strings
- Like string or a stringed instrument
string-bagˈ noun A bag made of string, or (stringˈ-bag) for holding string string band noun A band of stringed instruments string bass noun A double bass string bean noun The French bean stringˈboard noun A board facing the well hole of a staircase, and receiving or covering the ends of the steps string course noun A projecting horizontal course of bricks or line of mouldings running quite along the face of a building string figure noun A structure of string looped around the fingers in a symmetrical pattern that can be altered by manipulation, as in cat's-cradle string orchestra noun A small orchestra of stringed instruments string pea noun A pea with edible pods string piece noun - A long, heavy, usu horizontal timber used to support a framework
- The string of a staircase
string quartet noun - A musical ensemble of two violins, a viola and a cello
- Music for such an ensemble
string theory noun (physics) - The theory that all fundamental particles in the cosmos arise from strings (invisibly small, one-dimensional, elastic entities) and that the characteristic properties of each particle are determined by the vibration and rotation of the string, much in the same way as the tension, etc of a violin string determines the sound produced
- Further developed as superstring theory a supersymmetrical version of the original theory
string tie noun A narrow necktie of uniform width string vest noun A vest made of a netlike fabric stringˈy-bark noun One of a class of Australian eucalypts with very fibrous bark highly-strung see under high1 more than one string to one's bow (capable of or expert in) more than one area of knowledge, function, etc no strings or no strings attached With no conditions or limitations (noˈ-strings adjective) on a string - Under complete (esp emotional) control
- Kept in suspense
pull (the) strings To use influence behind the scenes, as if working puppets (stringˈ-pulling noun) string along - To string, fool
- To give someone false expectations
- To go along together, co-operate
string out (informal) To be under the influence of or addicted to a drug string up (informal) To hang by the neck strung out (orig US) - Suffering from drug withdrawal symptoms
- Weak, ill or distressed as a result of drug addiction
- Addicted to a drug
strung up Nervously tensed |