string (strɪŋ
)
Definitions
noun
- a thin length of cord, twine, fibre, or similar material used for tying, hanging, binding, etc
- a group of objects threaded on a single strand ⇒
a string of beads
- a series or succession of things, events, acts, utterances, etc ⇒
a string of oaths
- a number, chain, or group of similar things, animals, etc, owned by or associated with one person or body ⇒
a string of girlfriends
- a tough fibre or cord in a plant ⇒
the string of an orange
the string of a bean
- music a tightly stretched wire, cord, etc, found on stringed instruments, such as the violin, guitar, and piano
- short for bowstring
- architecture short for string course , stringer (sense 1)
- mathematics linguistics a sequence of symbols or words
- linguistics a linear sequence, such as a sentence as it is spoken
- physics a one-dimensional entity postulated to be a fundamental component of matter in some theories of particle physics See also cosmic string
- billiards another word for lag1 (sense 6)
- a group of characters that can be treated as a unit by a computer program
- (plural) complications or conditions (esp in the phrase no strings attached)
- (modifier) composed of stringlike strands woven in a large mesh ⇒
a string bag
string vest
- See keep on a string
- See pull strings
- See pull the strings
- See second string
- See the strings
verb
Word forms: strings, stringing, strung, strʌŋ
- (tr) to provide with a string or strings
- (tr) to suspend or stretch from one point to another
- (tr) to thread on a string
- (tr) to form or extend in a line or series
- (foll by out) to space or spread out at intervals
- (tr) up informal to kill (a person) by hanging
- (tr) to remove the stringy parts from (vegetables, esp beans)
- (intr) (esp of viscous liquids) to become stringy or ropey
- (tr) up to cause to be tense or nervous
- billiards another word for lag1 (sense 3)
Alternative Forms
ˈstringˌlike adjectiveWord Origin
Old English streng; related to Old High German strang, Old Norse strengr; see strongSynonyms
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conditions,
catches,
provisos,
stipulations,
requirements,
riders,
obligations,
qualifications,
complications,
prerequisites,
Translations
- British English:
string
String is thin rope that is made of twisted threads.He held out a small bag tied with string.strɪŋ NOUN He held out a small bag tied with string.
- Spanish:
cuerda
nf
- French:
corde
nf
- German:
Schnur
nf Schnüre
- Chinese: 线 n
- Arabic: سِلْك n
- Portuguese: fio nm
- Russian: веревка nf
- Croatian: špaga nf
- Czech: provázek nm
- Danish: streng nutr
- Dutch: koord nnt
- Finnish: naru n
- Greek: σπάγγος nm
- Italian: spago nm
- Japanese: ひも n
- Korean: 끈 n
- Norwegian: snor nm
- Polish: sznurek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: barbante nm
- European Spanish:
cordel
nm
- Swedish: snöre nnt
- Thai: เชือก n
- Turkish: ip n
- Vietnamese: sợi dây n
Usage examples
Several buttons ' teeth gritted under the strain, which gave his string vest a view of the world.
, INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)They also found they could determine the length of a string of characters by measuring the duration of certain sounds.
New Scientist (2004)Danielle was snatched from her bedroom last February in the first in a string of child abductions that gripped the United States last year.
Globe and Mail (2003)Harris Football Club's Under-18 team won a string of trophies in the early nineties.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But the demented old man lost his thread; soon he could not string a sensible sentence together.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)