String - Definition

n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: string, twine]
2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings
played superlatively well" [syn: bowed stringed instrument,
string]
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"
[syn: string, 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" [syn:
drawstring, drawing string, string]
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 [syn: string, 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"; [syn: chain, string,
strand]
v 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" [syn: string, thread, draw]
2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string
up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: string,
string up]
3: move or come along [syn: string, 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" [ant: unstring]