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Definition of string:
a lightweight cord
stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed 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" a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop a collection of objects threaded on a single strand a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" move or come along stretch out or arrange like a string string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package" remove the stringy parts of; "string beans" provide with strings; "string my guitar" |