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A string is a strand of fiber that's thinner than a cord or a rope. You can tie on a Halloween mask with a string, or weave a friendship bracelet with a bunch of colorful strings.

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A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

Noun
stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

Noun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

Noun
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

Noun
a lightweight cord

Noun
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

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Noun
a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

Noun
a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

Noun
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"

Verb
add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you''ll have a musical"

Verb
provide with strings; "string my guitar"

Verb
thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

Verb
remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"

Verb
string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"

Verb
stretch out or arrange like a string

Verb
move or come along


n.
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

n.
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 succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

n.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

n.
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.

n.
The line or cord of a bow.

n.
A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

n.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

n.
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

n.
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

n.
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

n.
Same as Stringcourse.

n.
The points made in a game.

v. t.
To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

v. t.
To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.

v. t.
To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

v. t.
To make tense; to strengthen.

v. t.
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.


String

String , n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str'84ng, Dan. str'91ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see Strong); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E. strangle.] 1. A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. Shak.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
2. 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 succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. "A string of islands." Gibbon. 3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. Milton. 4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. "An instrument of ten strings." Ps. xxx. iii. 2.
Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still.
5. The line or cord of a bow. Ps. xi. 2.
He twangs the grieving string.
6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.
7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The string of his tongue was loosed.
8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. 9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans. 10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. Ure. 11. (Arch.) Same as Stringcourse. 12. (Billiards) The points made in a game. String band (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments. -- String beans. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean. -- To have two strings to one's bow, to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.

String

String , v. t. [imp. Strung ; p. p. Strung (R. Stringed ); p. pr. & vb. n. Stringing.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. 4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

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Usage Examples

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.

We used to play the underground clubs like the UFO, and Middle Earth, and they were great because they would have on things like a poet, string quartets, and then a rock band! It was kinda cool!

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow.

The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.'

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

A lot of the struggle I had with movies is I really loved moments and tones and feelings in a scene, and I loved creating those, but I never really had great stories to string them together.

In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation... as music.

Einstein was searching for String Theory. It not only reconciles General Relativity to Quantum Mechanics, but it reconciles Science and the Bible as well.

One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another.

I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!

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