string
noun
[ strɪŋ ]
• material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length.
• "unwieldy packs tied up with string"
Similar:
twine,
cord,
yarn,
thread,
strand,
fibre,
rope,
cable,
line,
wire,
ligature,
thong,
hawser,
fillis,
• a set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord.
• "she wore a string of agates round her throat"
• a tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food, such as a tough elongated piece connecting the two halves of a bean pod.
• a G-string or thong.
• short for stringboard.
• a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having the dynamical properties of a flexible loop.
string
verb
• hang (something) so that it stretches in a long line.
• "lights were strung across the promenade"
Similar:
hang,
suspend,
sling,
stretch,
thread,
loop,
festoon,
run,
fasten,
tie,
secure,
link,
• fit a string or strings to (a musical instrument, a racket, or a bow).
• "the harp had been newly strung"
• remove the strings from (a bean).
• hoax or trick (someone).
• "I'm not stringing you—I'll eat my shirt if it's not true"
• work as a stringer in journalism.
• "he strings for almost every French radio service"
• determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from baulk to rebound off the top cushion, first stroke going to the player whose ball comes to rest nearer the bottom cushion.
Origin:
Old English streng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.
