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| string |
| 1. n. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. |
| 2. n. Such a structure considered as a substance. |
| 3. n. Any similar long, thin and flexible object. |
| a violin string |
| a bowstring |
| 4. n. 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 |
| 5. n. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string. |
| The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive |
| 6. n. A series of items or events. |
| a string of successes |
| 7. n. 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. |
| 8. n. In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. |
| 9. n. A group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stables. |
| 10. n. (computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity. |
| 11. n. (music) A stringed instrument. |
| 12. n. (music, usually in plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments. |
| 13. n. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively. |
| no strings attached |
| 14. n. (physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. |
| 15. n. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana. |
| 16. n. 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. |
| 17. n. The points made in a game of billiards. |
| 18. n. (billiards, pool) 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. |
| 19. n. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. |
| 20. n. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root. |
| 21. n. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body. |
| 22. n. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. |
| 23. n. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants. |
| the strings of beans |
| 24. n. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. |
| 25. n. (architecture) A stringcourse. |
| 26. n. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story. |
| 27. v. To put (items) on a string. |
| You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace. |
| 28. v. To put strings on (something). |
| It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly. |
| 29. v. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. |
