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String (noun)
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
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String (noun)
Such a structure considered as a substance.
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String (noun)
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
“a violin string”
“a bowstring”
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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 string of shells or beads; a string of sausages”
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String (noun)
A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
“The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive”
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String (noun)
A series of items or events.
“a string of successes”
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String (noun)
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.
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String (noun)
In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
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String (noun)
A group of racehorses kept at one track.
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String (noun)
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
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String (noun)
A stringed instrument.
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String (noun)
The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
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String (noun)
The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
“no strings attached”
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String (noun)
The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
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String (noun)
Cannabis or marijuana.
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String (noun)
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.
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String (noun)
The points made in a game of billiards.
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String (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; also called the string line.
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String (noun)
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
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String (noun)
A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
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String (noun)
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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String (noun)
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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String (noun)
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
“the strings of beans”
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String (noun)
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
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String (noun)
A stringcourse.
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String (noun)
A hoax; a fake story.
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String (verb)
To put (items) on a string.
“You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.”
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String (verb)
To put strings on (something).
“It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.”
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String (verb)
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
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Strand (noun)
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
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Strand (noun)
A string.
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Strand (noun)
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
“strand of spaghetti”
“strand of hair.”
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Strand (noun)
A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
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Strand (noun)
A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
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Strand (noun)
An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
“strand of truth”
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Strand (noun)
A nucleotide chain.
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Strand (verb)
To break a strand of (a rope).
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Strand (verb)
To form by uniting strands.