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string
  1. (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
  2. (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
  3. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
  4. 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.
  5. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
  6. (countable) A series of items or events.
  7. (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
  8. (computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
  9. (music) A stringed instrument.
  10. (music) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
  11. (plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively.
  12. (physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
  13. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
  14. 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.
  15. The points made in a game of billiards.
  16. (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.
  17. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
  18. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
  19. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
  20. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
  21. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
  22. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
  23. (architecture) A stringcourse.
  24. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
  25. Synonyms:
  26. Examples:
    1. “Mikki was threading lengths of string between four wooden pegs to mark out her chosen plot when the minibus arrived, half an hour later.”
      “It follows then that it would take a string of trucks parked bumper to bumper to do the job.”
      “After decades during which she declined to publish because she felt no one was listening to her, this string of awards and honors indeed marked a remarkable change in fortune.”
stringer
  1. Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
  2. Someone who leads someone along.
  3. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
  4. A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
  5. (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
  6. (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
  7. (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
  8. (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
  9. A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
  10. (obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “I only have experience as a stringer for a daily and a freelancer for magazines and weeklies.”
      “The stringer connects the level of the deck to the grade, for the installation of stair risers and treads.”
      “The lower stringer end should rest on a concrete beam foundation or on footings below each stringer.”
stringology
  1. (computing) The study of algorithms and data structures used for processing text strings.
stringbed
  1. The matrix of strings within the oval frame of a tennis racket (or similar)
  2. Examples:
    1. “A second limitation is the lack of measurement of both handgrip force and ball impact location in the stringbed.”
stringification
  1. (computing) The act or process of stringifying; conversion to a string.
stringbacks
  1. driving gloves with a string mesh on the back
stringiness
  1. The state or quality of being stringy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He had long, black hair that was supposed to make him look sinister, but the stringiness and greasiness just made him look rather pathetic.”
      “When purchasing choose stalks that are bright coloured, wilted or flappy stalks indicate stringiness.”
      “So there's Girl and NML parading around in thongs of varying stringiness and bottom pertness, making we mere bottom-mortals feel bad.”
stringing
  1. The act by which something is strung.
stringization
  1. (programming) The process of stringizing.
strings
  1. plural of string
  2. (music) Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
  3. (plural) Conditions, especially undesirable ones.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “One does not mind the ending, but one notices that when Taylor strings together abstract nouns, he is at his least compelling.”
      “Now here is a brilliant group of musicians, each a virtuoso in his own right, with strings of academical achievement behind their music.”
      “Mat Maneri plays some lonesome violin, letting strings weep in blank, tragic beauty, plucking and wailing and sounding like a dying dog.”
stringinesses
stringbeds
  1. plural of stringbed
stringings
  1. plural of stringing
stringers
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