string
nounEtymology
From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”). Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin stringō (“to tighten”), Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”), Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”).
Definitions
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
- a violin string
- a bowstring
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close…
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- a string of shells or beads
- a string of sausages
- a string of islands
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A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
A series of items or events.
- In 1933, disgusted and discouraged after a string of commercial failures, Clara quit the film business forever. She was twenty-six.
- a string of successes
A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- […] strings and flarks are again aligned along the contours, but the flarks are much wider and are often drier. Where the flarks are flooded they are curiously reminiscent of a system of terraced paddy fields […]
The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success.…
The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of…
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
A stringed instrument.
The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow,…
The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- no strings attached
- But he added: "The RDG offer contains more strings than a harp, including some which have never previously been discussed. It also omits significant points that had previously been negotiated."
A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a…
A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
Cannabis or marijuana.
Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who…
Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
The points made in a game of billiards.
The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play,…
The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- Many of those that pretend to be great Rabbies in these studies have scarce saluted them from the strings, and the titlepage.
A fibre, as of a plant
A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
- Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
- The string of his tongue was loosed.
A board supporting steps
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and…
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- the strings of beans
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- a single miner is often found pursuing his solitary labours at a string or thin vein of ore
A stringcourse.
A hoax
A hoax; a fake story.
Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- They were turning tricks, doing drugs, and generally little better off than they had been before, except that they were keeping more of their money. But they seemed lonely, too, without the company of their pimp and the rest of his string.
A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque…
A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
To put (items) on a string.
- You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
To put strings on (something).
- It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are…
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which…
To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not
To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- To be honest, you'd be better off trying to string a Skylark as a Richard's Pipit rather than as a Pectoral Sandpiper.
The neighborhood
- synonymstring
- neighborcosmic string
- neighborguitar string
- neighborheartstring
- neighborheartstrings
- neighbormagic string
- neighborscore string
- neighborsecond string
- neighborrope
- neighborwire rope
- neighborlasso
- neighborlariat
- neighborcable
Derived
aerosol string, another string to one's bow, apron string, apron-string, apron-string hold, bandstring, banjo string, bit string, bitstring, bonnetstring, bootstring, bytestring, capstring, casing string, checkstring, completion string, connection string, C-string, C-style string, destring, dickstring, Dirac string, docstring, double-string, drawstring, drill string, eggstring, empty string, eyestring, eye-string, fiddlestring, first-string, first string, format string, four-string, four-string banjo, four-string guitar, gob-string, G-string, G string · +142 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at string. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at string. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at string
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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