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string

/stɹɪŋ/noun, verb1 syllable

String means: thread on or as if on a string.

Synonyms for string30

noun, as in a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

drawstring, drawing string

noun, as in a necklace made by stringing objects together

noun, as in a lightweight cord

twine

noun, as in stringed instruments that are played with a bow

bowed stringed instrument

noun, as in a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

noun, as in (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

cosmic string

verb, as in thread on or as if on a string

verb, as in add as if on a string

string up

verb, as in move or come along

string along

also used for string

cord, rope, line, conditions, provisions, stringbed, string section, streak, sequence, series, succession, cheese pull, stringiness, kermi, baulk line

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of string

unstring

What does string mean?17

verb

1

thread on or as if on a string“string pearls on a string”

2

add as if on a string“string these ideas together”

3

move or come 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”

noun

1

a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening“he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”

2

a necklace made by stringing objects together“a string of beads”

3

a lightweight cord

4

stringed instruments that are played with a bow“the strings played superlatively well”

5

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding“a string of islands”

6

(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

7

a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

8

a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

9

a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

10

a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with string?18

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String in a sentence

  • To make a top spin, you need a string.unknown
  • Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.carlosalberto
  • In this context, a bigram refers to a string of two letters.becky82
  • Bitten by a snake, one even dreads a string.anzart
  • Because one put on a gold necklace, the other put on a string.sabretou
  • She was lying on the floor, strangled by a harp string.Scott
  • Yanni has a string of failed businesses behind him.Amastan
  • Give me a knife to cut this string with.papabear

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of string

as a noun

plural
strings

as a verb

past tense
strung
past participle
strung
present participle
stringing
third-person singular
strings