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string

Dictionary definition · string

noun

  1. a lightweight cord
  2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow"the strings played superlatively well"
  3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
  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"
  5. a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
  6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening"he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

verb

  1. thread on or as if on a string"string pearls on a string"
  2. add as if on a string"string these ideas together"
  3. move or come along
  4. stretch out or arrange like a string
  5. string together; tie or fasten with a string"string the package"
  6. remove the stringy parts of"string beans"

Similar words

twinedrawthreadbowed stringed instrumentstring upstring alongtraindrawing stringdrawstring

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).