string
noun
- 1
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
“There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.”
- 2
(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- 3
A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- 4
An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- 5
A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
noun
- 1
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- 2
Such a structure considered as a substance.
- 3
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
“a bowstring”
- 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.
“a string of sausages”
- 5
A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
“The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive”
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A series of items or events.
“a string of successes”
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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.
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In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- 9
A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
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An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
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A stringed instrument.
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(usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
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(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
“no strings attached”
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The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
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Cannabis or marijuana.
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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.
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The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
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(by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
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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.
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A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
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A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
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A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
“the strings of beans”
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A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
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A stringcourse.
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A hoax; a fake story.
verb
- 1
To put (items) on a string.
“You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.”
- 2
To put strings on (something).
“It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.”
- 3
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- 4
To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- 5
To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
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