| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| string | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] Saite | |
| 3. [2] Bindfaden, Schnur, Schnürchen | |
| 4. [3] Kordel | |
| 5. [4] Litze | |
| 6. [5] Zeichenkette | |
| 7. [6] Bogensehne | |
| 8. [7] Kette | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| string | |
| 1. subst. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. |  |
| 2. subst. Such a structure considered as a substance. | |
| 3. subst. Any similar long, thin and flexible object. | |
| a violin string | |
| a bowstring | |
| 4. subst. 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. subst. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string. | |
| The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive | |
| 6. subst. A series of items or events. | |
| a string of successes | |
| 7. subst. 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. subst. In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. | |
| 9. subst. A group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stables. | |
| 10. subst. (computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity. | |
| 11. subst. (music) A stringed instrument. | |
| 12. subst. (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. subst. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively. | |
| no strings attached | |
| 14. subst. (physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. | |
| 15. subst. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana. | |
| 16. subst. 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. subst. The points made in a game of billiards. | |
| 18. subst. (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. subst. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. | |
| 20. subst. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root. | |
| 21. subst. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body. | |
| 22. subst. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. | |
| 23. subst. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants. | |
| the strings of beans | |
| 24. subst. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. | |
| 25. subst. (architecture) A stringcourse. | |
| 26. subst. (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. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Saite | |
| 1. n-f. (music) string (of a musical stringed instrument) | |
| 2. n-f. (sports) string (of a racquet) | |
