string

(noun) a lightweight cord. Synonyms: twine.

(noun) stringed instruments that are played with a bow. Synonyms: bowed stringed instrument. Examples: "The strings played superlatively well."

(noun) a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed.

(noun) a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding. Synonyms: train. Examples: "A string of islands." "Train of mourners." "A train of thought."

(noun) a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases).

(noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening. Synonyms: drawstring, drawing string. Examples: "He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag."

(noun) a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod).

(noun) (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop. Synonyms: cosmic string.

(noun) a collection of objects threaded on a single strand.

(noun) a necklace made by a stringing objects together. Synonyms: chain, strand. Examples: "A string of beads." "A strand of pearls";."

(verb) thread on or as if on a string. Synonyms: thread, draw. Examples: "String pearls on a string." "The child drew glass beads on a string." "Thread dried cranberries."

(verb) add as if on a string. Synonyms: string up. Examples: "String these ideas together." "String up these songs and you'll have a musical."

(verb) move or come along. Synonyms: string along.

(verb) stretch out or arrange like a string.

(verb) string together; tie or fasten with a string. Examples: "String the package."

(verb) remove the stringy parts of. Examples: "String beans."

(verb) provide with strings. Examples: "String my guitar."