string meaning and definition

STRING noun

Definition of string (noun)

1. a lightweight cord
   • synonyms: twine
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow
   • "the strings played superlatively well"
   • synonyms: bowed stringed instrument
3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
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"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
   • synonyms: train
5. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
   • "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
   • synonyms: drawing string, drawstring
7. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
8. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
   • synonyms: cosmic string
9. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
10. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
    • "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
    • synonyms: chain, strand

STRING verb

Definition of string (verb)

1. thread on or as if on a string
   • "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
   • synonyms: draw, thread
2. add as if on a string
   • "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
   • synonyms: string up
3. move or come along
   • synonyms: string 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"
7. provide with strings
   • "string my guitar"
   • antonym: unstring