Dictionary Definition
string
Noun
1 a lightweight cord [syn: twine]
2 stringed instruments that are played with a
bow; "the strings played superlatively well" [syn: bowed
stringed instrument]
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: 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]
7 a collection of objects threaded on a single
strand
8 a necklace made by a stringing objects
together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, strand]
Verb
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: 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
up]
3 move or come along [syn: 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"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
see strings
Pronunciation
- /strɪŋ/, /strIN/
-
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Etymology
Old English strengNoun
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- Any long, thin and flexible object.
- a violin string
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
- A series of items or events.
- a string of successes
- A sequence of characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- A data type storing a sequence of data values, usually bytes, in which elements usually stand for characters according to a character encoding.
- An ordered sequence of symbols of a predetermined set or alphabet.
- A stringed instrument or the person playing that instrument.
- the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (long, thin structure): cord, rope, line
- (this structure as a substance): cord, rope, twine
- (anything long and thin):
- (cohesive substance in the form of a string):
- (series of items or events): sequence, series
- (sequence of characters in computing):
- (stringed instruments): string section the strings, or the string section
- (conditions): conditions, provisos
Translations
long, thin structure
- trreq Albanian
- Arabic: (wátar)
- trreq Armenian
- trreq Basque
- Bosnian: žica (жицa)
- Bulgarian: нишка (niška)
- trreq Catalan
- Chinese: 線, 线 (xiàn)
- trreq Croatian
- trreq Czech
- Danish: streng
- Dutch: draad
- trreq Esperanto
- trreq Estonian
- Finnish: nyöri
- French: corde
- Georgian: სიმი (simi)
- German: Schnur
- trreq Greek
- trreq Hebrew
- trreq Hindi
- Hungarian: zsineg
- trreq Icelandic
- Italian: spago
- Japanese: 紐 (himo)
- Khmer: (ksai)
- Korean: 끈 (kkeun)
- Kurdish: , ,
- Latin: linum , linea , filum
- trreq Latvian
- trreq Lithuanian
- trreq Mongolian
- trreq Norwegian
- trreq Persian
- Polish: sznurek
- Portuguese: barbante , corda , fio
- trreq Romanian
- Russian: бечёвка (bečóvka)
- Spanish: cordel , mecate , cuerda
- trreq Swahili
- Swedish: sträng
- Thai: (dâai), (chêuak)
- trreq Turkish
- trreq Vietnamese
- trreq Welsh
- Yiddish: שטריקל (shtrikl)
this structure as a substance
anything long and thin
series of items or events
sequence of characters in computing
stringed instruments
- Danish: strygerne
- Dutch: snaarinstrumenten
- Portuguese: cordas
conditions
Verb
- To put (items) on a string.
- You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace
- To put strings on (something).
- It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly
Translations
put on a string
- Danish: trække på snor
- Dutch: rijgen, aaneenrijgen
- Finnish: (to put perforated items on a string) pujottaa
- French: enfiler
- Portuguese: enfileirar
Derived terms
Dutch
Noun
stringFrench
Etymology
From string.Pronunciation
/stʁiŋ/Noun
fr-noun mExtensive Definition
Generally, string is a thin, flexible piece of
rope or twine which is used to tie, bind,
or hang other objects. String can be made from a variety of
fibres.
Examples of string use include:
- String figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers
- A bow string, an essential part of a bow.
- In musical instruments such as below.
String may also refer to:
In science, computers or mathematics:
- String (computer science), a sequence of symbols or digits in computer programming
- String literal, the notation for representing a string value within the text of a computer program
- strings (Unix), a Unix program for finding character strings in binary files
- String (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory
- A string of nucleotides is called DNA or RNA
- A string of amino acids is called a peptide or protein
- String theory, a popular grand unified theory
- String searching algorithm
In music:
- String instrument, a musical instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings
- Strings (music), flexible material that provides vibrations in string instruments
- String section, the violins, violas, cellos and double basses of an orchestra, often abbreviated as "strings"
- Strings (Pakistani pop band), a pop band from Pakistan
- String (Thai pop), a genre of Thai pop music
- String bridge, the passage into the Gardens of Allah in Islam
- G-string, a type of underclothing that parts the buttocks without covering them
- Strings (2004 film), a movie directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund
- Strings (1991 film), a Canadian Genie Award-winning and Oscar-nominated animated short
- A character controlled by Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series
- "String" is a Monty Python sketch about a marketing campaign for string, appearing initially on their Contractual Obligation Album
string in Tosk Albanian: String
string in Czech: Řetězec
string in German: String
string in French: String
string in Italian: Stringa
string in Japanese: ストリング
string in Dutch: String
string in Russian: Струна (значения)
string in Simple English: String
string in Thai: สตริง
string in Yiddish: בענדעל
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G
string, Indian file, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, age group,
agree, array, articulation, atone, attune, authority, band, bank, bar, bass, bass viol, battalion, be continuous,
bevy, bluff, body, boundary condition, bow, braid, brail, bridge, brigade, bull fiddle, bunch, buzz, cabal, cable, caravan, cast, catch, catches, catena, catenate, catenation, catgut, cavalcade, cello, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chaplet, cheat, choker, chord, clause, clique, cohort, collaborate, column, command, company, complement, concatenate, concatenation, concur, condition, conditions, connect, connect up, connection, consecution, contingent, continuate, continue, continuum, contrabass, control, cord, corps, cortege, coterie, course, covey, crew, crowd, cycle, deceive, delay, dernier ressort, descent, detachment, detail, division, dominate, domination, donnee, doorstep, double bass, drag
out, drape, dress parade,
drone, dupe, echelon, eight, eleven, endless belt, endless
round, entry, escalator
clause, escape clause, escape hatch, exception, exert influence,
expedient, extend, faction, favorite, festoon, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fiddlestring, filament, file, filiation, fine print,
fingerboard, first
string, first team, five,
fleet, flyover, follow, fool, footrest, footstep, form a series,
funeral, gamut, gang, given, go along with, gradation, grounds, group, grouping, groupment, hang, hoax, hold the reins, horsehair, hum, in-group, join, joker, junta, jurisdiction, kicker, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin,
lead, leader, leash, ligament, ligation, ligature, limitations, limiting
condition, line, lineage, linguistic act,
link, locution, loop, lynch, maintain continuity,
makeshift, manipulate, march past,
mastery, might, mob, monotone, motorcade, movement, mudder, mule train, necklace, nexus, nine, nylon string, obligation, operate, order, out-group, outfit, pack, pack train, parade, parameter, parol, parole, party, peer group, pendulum, periodicity, phalanx, phonation, plate horse,
plater, platoon, plenum, pole horse, pomp, pony, posse, postpone, powder train,
prerequisite,
procession, progression, promenade, protract, provision, provisions, proviso, pull the strings, put
in tune, qualification, queue, race horse, racer, range, rank, reach, recourse, recurrence, refuge, regiment, requisite, reservation, reserves, resort, rest, reticulation, review, riser, rope, rotation, round, routine, row, rowing crew, run, run on, rundle, rung, salon, saving clause, scale, scroll, second string, second
team, sequel, sequence, sequence of phonemes,
series, set, shift, sine qua non, single file,
skimmington,
sling, small print,
soundboard, speaking, specification, spectrum, speech act, spin out,
spoke, spun yarn, squad, stable, stair, stake horse, staker, starter, stave, steel string, steeplechaser, step, step stool, stepping-stone,
stipulation,
stipulations,
stopgap, strand, stream, stretch, string along, string
out, string together, string up, strings, strip, stripe, substitute, succession, suspend, swath, sway, team, tendon, tenor violin, term, terms, the spoken word, third
string, thong, thread, tier, tone down, tone up, tongue, train, tread, tribe, trick, troop, troupe, tune, tune up, tuning peg, twine, twist, ultimatum, utterance, utterance string,
varsity, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello
piccolo, violone,
violotta, vocable, voice, whereas, windrow, wing, wire, word, word of mouth, wound string,
wreath, yarn