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string
verb(string)
thread on or as if on a string
Synonyms: draw, thread,
Examples:
String pearls on a string.
The child drew glass beads on a string.
string
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
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.
string
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.
string
verb(string)
move or come along
Synonyms: string along,
string
noun(string)
a necklace made by stringing objects together
Synonyms: chain, strand,
Examples:
A string of beads.
string
noun(string)
a lightweight cord
Synonyms: twine,
string
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,
string
noun(string)
stringed instruments that are played with a bow
Synonyms: bowed stringed instrument,
Examples:
The strings played superlatively well.
string
noun(string)
a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
string
noun(string)
a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
string
noun(string)
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
string
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)
string
verb(string)
provide with strings
Antonyms: unstring,
Examples:
String my guitar.
string
verb(string)
remove the stringy parts of
Examples:
String beans.
string
verb(string)
stretch out or arrange like a string
string
verb(string)
string together; tie or fasten with a string
Examples:
String the package.

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