String
Definitions
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
- A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- 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 cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- A series of items or events.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- 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.
- In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- A stringed instrument.
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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
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- Cannabis or marijuana.
- 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.
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- The points made in a game of billiards.
- 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.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
- A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
- A board supporting steps
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- A stringcourse.
- A hoax; a fake story.
- Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- 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.
Equivalents
64 more languages
བོད་སྐད།སྐུད་པ
Bosanskifilakanapmarihuananizradsimsiršnjurašnurštigaštrangastrunateltetivatoružiuzicažnoraканапнизструнатетиваузицашнуршњура
Danskstreng
Euskarakatea
ગુજરાતીશબ્દમાળા
ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiHilo
Hrvatskifilakanapmarihuananizradsimsiršnjurašnurštigaštrangastrunateltetivatoružiuzicažnoraканапнизструнатетиваузицашнуршњура
Հայերենլար
Italianocanapocatenaclausola restrittivacondizioni accessoriecordafilafunelaccettolegacciorestaretesequelasequenza di caratteriseriesfilzaspagostringastrumenti a cordateoria delle stringhe
ភាសាខ្មែរខ្សែ
Кыргызчакыл
ລາວເຊືອກ
Lietuviųstyga
Bahasa Melayutali
မြန်မာကြိုး
සිංහලනූල
Slovenčinastruna
Shqipvarg
Српскиfilakanapmarihuananizradsimsiršnjurašnurštigaštrangastrunateltetivatoružiuzicažnoraканапнизструнатетиваузицашнуршњура
Kiswahiliuzi
Türkmençeýüp
O'zbekchator
isiZuluintambo
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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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