string
noun
a lightweight cord
Synonymstwinestringed instruments that are played with a bow
“the strings played superlatively well”
Synonymsbowed stringed instrumenta tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
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”
Synonymstraina linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
“he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
Synonymscosmic stringa collection of objects threaded on a single strand
a necklace made by stringing objects together
“a string of beads”
“a strand of pearls”
verb
thread on or as if on a string
“string pearls on a string”
“the child drew glass beads on a string”
add as if on a string
“string these ideas together”
“string up these songs and you'll have a musical”
Synonymsstring upmove or come along
Synonymsstring alongstretch out or arrange like a string
string together; tie or fasten with a string
“string the package”
remove the stringy parts of
“string beans”
provide with strings
“string my guitar”
Oppositesunstring
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
