String meaning

What does “string” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“string” is a noun and verb with 17 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a lightweight cord.

string

noun

  1. a lightweight cord

    Synonymstwine
  2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow

    “the strings played superlatively well”

  3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

  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”

    Synonymstrain
  5. a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

  6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

    “he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”

  7. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

  8. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

  9. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

  10. a necklace made by stringing objects together

    “a string of beads”

    “a strand of pearls”

    Synonymschainstrand

verb

  1. thread on or as if on a string

    “string pearls on a string”

    “the child drew glass beads on a string”

    Synonymsthreaddraw
  2. add as if on a string

    “string these ideas together”

    “string up these songs and you'll have a musical”

    Synonymsstring up
  3. move or come along

    Synonymsstring 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”

  7. provide with strings

    “string my guitar”

    Oppositesunstring

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University