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