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What (who) is String - definition
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String
·noun The line or cord of a bow.
II. String ·noun The points made in a game.
III. String ·noun A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
IV. String ·add. ·noun Act of stringing for break.
V. String ·noun A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
VI. String ·noun ·same·as Stringcourse.
VII. String ·vt To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
VIII. String ·add. ·noun A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.
IX. String ·vt To make tense; to Strengthen.
X. String ·noun A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
XI. String ·add. ·vt To Hoax; josh; jolly.
XII. String ·noun A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
XIV. String ·vt To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
XV. String ·vt To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. ·see String, ·noun, 9.
XVI. String ·noun An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
XVII. String ·add. ·noun In various games, competitions, ·etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, ·etc.
XVIII. String ·add. ·vi To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, ·etc.
XIX. String ·noun 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.
XX. String ·add. ·noun In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.
XXI. String ·add. ·noun The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table;
- called also string line.
XXII. String ·noun 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.
XXIII. String ·noun 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.
XXIV. String ·noun 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.
string
¦ noun
1. material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, etc. twisted together to form a thin length.
a piece of such material.
2. a length of catgut or wire on a musical instrument, producing a note by vibration.
(strings) the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
3. a piece of catgut, nylon, etc., interwoven with others to form the head of a sports racket.
4. a set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord.
5. a sequence of similar items or events.
Computing a linear sequence of characters, words, or other data.
a group of racehorses trained at one stable.
a reserve team or player holding a specified position in an order of preference.
a player assigned a specified rank in a team in an individual sport.
6. a tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food.
7. a G-string or thong.
8. Physics a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having the dynamical properties of a flexible loop.
(also cosmic string) a hypothetical thread-like concentration of energy within the structure of space-time.
¦ verb (past and past participle strung)
1. arrange on or as on a string.
(be strung or be strung out) be arranged in a long line.
2. fit a string or strings to (a musical instrument, a racket, or a bow).
3. remove the strings from (a bean).
4. N. Amer. informal hoax or trick (someone).
5. informal work as a stringer in journalism.
6. Billiards determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from baulk to rebound as far as possible from the top cushion.
Phrases
no strings attached informal there are no special conditions or restrictions.
on a string under one's control or influence.
Phrasal verbs
string someone along informal mislead someone deliberately over a length of time.
string something out
1. prolong something.
2. (be strung out) informal be nervous or tense.
3. (be strung out) N. Amer. informal be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
string someone up
1. kill someone by hanging.
2. (be strung up) Brit. informal be tense or nervous.
Derivatives
stringed adjective
stringless adjective
string-like adjective
Origin
OE streng (n.), of Gmc origin; related to strong.
Wikipedia
String
String or strings may refer to:
- String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects
Examples of use of String
1. I chose a roll of string because you can do things with string.
2. After tying various animal–shaped lanterns to the string, peoples loosen and tighten the string, enchanting spectators.
3. For important kite–fights, the string is laced with crushed glass so it can cut through an opponent‘s string.
4. "They emotionally string us all out, they string our kids out, as far as hopes and expectations." Germans feel stress more intensely than those in other countries polled.
5. String of attacks There has been a string of attacks on tankers contracted by the coalition to haul fuel to its bases from neighbouring Pakistan.