Meaning of String | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
   countable, uncountable
3. A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
   countable, uncountable
4. A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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.
   countable, uncountable
6. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
   countable
7. A series of items or events.
   countable
8. A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
   countable, uncountable
9. The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
   countable
10. In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
    countable
11. A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
    collective, countable, uncountable
12. An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
    countable
13. A stringed instrument.
    countable, metonymically
14. The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
    countable, plural-normally, uncountable
15. The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
    countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable
16. A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
    countable
17. Cannabis or marijuana.
    countable, slang, uncountable
18. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
    countable, uncountable
19. The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
    countable, historical, uncountable
20. The points made in a game of billiards.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
21. 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; also called the string line.
    countable, uncountable
22. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
    countable, uncountable
23. A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
24. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
25. A board supporting steps
    countable, uncountable
26. An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
    countable, uncountable
27. The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
    countable, uncountable
28. A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
    countable, uncountable
29. A stringcourse.
    countable, uncountable
30. A hoax; a fake story.
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable
31. Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
    countable, slang, uncountable
32. A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.”

“a violin string”

“a bowstring”

“a string of shells or beads”

“a string of sausages”

“a string of islands”

“The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive”

“In 1933, disgusted and discouraged after a string of commercial failures, Clara quit the film business forever. She was twenty-six.”

“a string of successes”

“Strings and Flarks[:] The two most conspicuous land form patterns in water tracks are fields of tree islands and networks of strings and flarks. The origin of strings and flarks is a controversial subject that has been treated extensively[…]”

“[…] strings and flarks are again aligned along the contours, but the flarks are much wider and are often drier. Where the flarks are flooded they are curiously reminiscent of a system of terraced paddy fields […]”

“[…] strings and flarks is scarcely noticeable and it is the intermediate level (relative to the water table) between the higher, drier strings, and the low, wet flarks, which dominates. Such mires have an almost continuous cover of sedges[…]”

“no strings attached”

“But he added: "The RDG offer contains more strings than a harp, including some which have never previously been discussed. It also omits significant points that had previously been negotiated."”

“Many of those that pretend to be great Rabbies in these studies have scarce saluted them from the strings, and the titlepage.”

“Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.”

“The string of his tongue was loosed.”

“the strings of beans”

“a single miner is often found pursuing his solitary labours at a string or thin vein of ore”

“They were turning tricks, doing drugs, and generally little better off than they had been before, except that they were keeping more of their money. But they seemed lonely, too, without the company of their pimp and the rest of his string.”

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