English dictionary
string
nounPronunciation
stɹɪŋ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
noun
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
noun
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
noun
- a lightweight cord
noun
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
noun
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
noun
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
noun
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
noun
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
noun
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
verb
- add as if on a string
verb
- provide with strings
verb
- thread on or as if on a string
verb
- remove the stringy parts of
verb
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
verb
- stretch out or arrange like a string
verb
- move or come along
Example sentences
the strings played superlatively well
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
a string of islands
train of mourners
a train of thought
string these ideas together
string up these songs and you'll have a musical
string my guitar
string pearls on a string
the child drew glass beads on a string
thread dried cranberries
string beans
string the package