string
/striɳ/
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Definition
Noun:
- A thin piece of cord or fiber: A long, flexible material made of twisted threads, used for tying, pulling, or fastening.
- A sequence of similar items: A series of objects, events, or items connected or following one after the other.
- A tightly stretched cord on a musical instrument: A length of wire, gut, or nylon on instruments like guitars or violins that produces sound when vibrated.
- A tough fiber in food: A slender, inedible fibrous piece found in certain vegetables, beans, or meats.
Verb:
- To fit or provide with strings: To put strings onto something, especially a musical instrument.
- To arrange in a line or sequence: To connect or place things together in a series.
- To remove the fibrous parts: To take out the tough, stringy fibers from food like beans.
- To extend or stretch out in a line: To cause something to form a long, thin line.
Examples
Noun:
- She tied the package with a piece of string.
- He owns a string of successful restaurants across the country.
- The E string on my violin broke during the concert.
- Be careful, there's a string in that green bean.
Verb:
- I need to string my tennis racket before the match.
- The programmer will string the commands together to create a script.
- Remember to string the beans before you cook them.
- Lights were strung along the pathway for the festival.
Advanced Usage
"To have someone on a string": To have control or influence over someone.
- The charismatic leader had the entire crowd on a string.
"To pull strings": To use one's influence, especially secretly, to get something done.
- His father had to pull some strings to get him that interview.
"A string of bad luck": A series of unfortunate events.
- After a string of bad luck, things finally started to improve.
Variants and Related Words
Stringy (adj): Resembling or full of strings; fibrous.
- The meat was too stringy to enjoy.
Stringent (adj): Strict, precise, and exacting. (Note: This meaning is distinct from the core "string" definitions).
- The company has stringent security protocols.
Unstring (verb): To remove the strings from something; to weaken or unsettle emotionally.
- The bad news seemed to unstring him completely.
Synonyms
- Cord: A thin, flexible string or rope.
- Sequence: A particular order in which related events, objects, or ideas follow each other.
- Series: A number of things, events, or people of a similar kind following one after the other.
Related Phrasal Verbs
String along:
- To accompany someone.
- I'll string along with you to the store.
- To deceive someone over a period of time by giving false hope.
- He strung her along for years with promises of marriage.
String together: To combine words, ideas, or actions to form a coherent sequence.
- She struggled to string together a logical argument.
String up:
- To hang something, especially decorations, on a line.
- Let's string up these lights between the trees.
- (Informal) To hang someone, especially by a rope around the neck.
- In the old movie, the villain was strung up by the angry townsfolk.
Related Idioms
Second string: A substitute or reserve player; something of secondary importance.
- He was the second string quarterback for the team.
Harp on the same string: To talk repeatedly about the same subject.
- I wish he wouldn't harp on the same string about his old job.
No strings attached: Without any special conditions or obligations.
- It's a generous donation with no strings attached.
Noun
- a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
- a string of beads
- a strand of pearls
- a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
- a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
- 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
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- the strings played superlatively well
- a lightweight cord
Verb
- provide with strings
- string my guitar
- remove the stringy parts of
- string beans
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- string the package
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- move or come along
- add as if on a string
- string these ideas together
- string up these songs and you'll have a musical
- thread on or as if on a string
- string pearls on a string
- the child drew glass beads on a string
- thread dried cranberries