string

noun

1. 1.

   countableuncountable

   A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

2. 2.

   countable

   Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

3. 3.

   music

   A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.

4. 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. 5.

   A lightweight cord

6. 6.

   countable

   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.

verb

1. 1.

   intransitive

   To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

2. 2.

   Add as if on a string

3. 3.

   transitive

   To put (items) on a string.

4. 4.

   Provide with strings

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• stringsnounPlural form

  The section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments.

• stringernounInflected form

  A member of a squad on a team.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• string linenounCompound term

  Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.

• string of beadsnounCompound term

  Several beads threaded together on a string.

• string of wordsnounCompound term

  A linear sequence of words as spoken or written.

• string orchestranounCompound term

  An orchestra playing only stringed instruments.

• string outverbCompound term

  Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series.

• string quartetnounCompound term

  An instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello.