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Nouns

• (n) a lightweight cord twine,
• (n) stringed instruments that are played with a bow
  • the strings played superlatively well
  bowed stringed instrument,
• (n) a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
• (n) 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
  • a train of thought
  train,
• (n) a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
• (n) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
  • he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
  drawing string, drawstring,
• (n) a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
• (n) (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop cosmic string,
• (n) a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
• (n) a necklace made by a stringing objects together
  • a string of beads
  • a strand of pearls";
  strand, chain,

Verbs

• (v) thread on or as if on a string
  • string pearls on a string
  • the child drew glass beads on a string
  • thread dried cranberries
  thread, draw,
• (v) add as if on a string
  • string these ideas together
  • string up these songs and you'll have a musical
  string up,
• (v) move or come along string along,
• (v) stretch out or arrange like a string
• (v) string together; tie or fasten with a string
  • string the package
• (v) remove the stringy parts of
  • string beans
• (v) provide with strings
  • string my guitar

Synonyms

twine thread draw string up bowed stringed instrument string along train drawing string drawstring cosmic string strand chain

Antonyms

unstring

See also

string out spread out

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