STRING (strung)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does string mean? 

• STRING (noun)
  The noun STRING has 10 senses:

1. a lightweight cord

2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow

3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

5. a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

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

8. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

9. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

10. a necklace made by stringing objects together

  Familiarity information: STRING used as a noun is familiar.

• STRING (verb)
  The verb STRING has 7 senses:

1. thread on or as if on a string

2. add as if on a string

3. move or come along

4. stretch out or arrange like a string

5. string together; tie or fasten with a string

6. remove the stringy parts of

7. provide with strings

  Familiarity information: STRING used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lightweight cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

string; twine

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string"):

chalk line; snap line; snapline (a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface)

packthread (a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages)

Derivation:

string (thread on or as if on a string)

string (string together; tie or fasten with a string)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bowed stringed instrument; string

Context example:

the strings played superlatively well

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)

Meronyms (parts of "string"):

fingerboard (a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string"):

bass fiddle; bass viol; bull fiddle; contrabass; double bass; string bass (largest and lowest member of the violin family)

cello; violoncello (a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing)

viol (any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family)

viola (a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower)

fiddle; violin (bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow)

Derivation:

string (provide with strings)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string"):

snare (strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit)

Derivation:

string (provide with strings)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

string; train

Context example:

a train of thought

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

Derivation:

string (add as if on a string)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)

Meronyms (parts of "string"):

language unit; linguistic unit (one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string"):

extension; file name extension; filename extension (a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename)

linguistic string; string of words; word string (a linear sequence of words as spoken or written)

substring (a string that is part of a longer string)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drawing string; drawstring; string

Context example:

he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

tie (a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string"):

purse string (a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse)

Holonyms ("string" is a part of...):

drawstring bag (a bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

cosmic string; string

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

elementary particle; fundamental particle ((physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter)

Domain category:

cosmogeny; cosmogony; cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A collection of objects threaded on a single strand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string"):

beads; string of beads (several beads threaded together on a string)

Derivation:

string (thread on or as if on a string)

string (stretch out or arrange like a string)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A necklace made by stringing objects together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chain; strand; string

Context example:

a strand of pearls

Hypernyms ("string" is a kind of...):

necklace (jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women))

Derivation:

string (thread on or as if on a string)

• STRING (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thread on or as if on a string

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw; string; thread

Context example:

thread dried cranberries

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Verb group:

draw; guide; pass; run (pass over, across, or through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "string"):

bead (string together like beads)

wire (string on a wire)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

string (a necklace made by stringing objects together)

string (a lightweight cord)

string (a collection of objects threaded on a single strand)

stringer (a worker who strings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add as if on a string

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

string; string up

Context example:

string up these songs and you'll have a musical

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

string (a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move or come along

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

string; string along

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Stretch out or arrange like a string

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

string out (set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series)

Derivation:

string (a collection of objects threaded on a single strand)

Sense 5

Meaning:

String together; tie or fasten with a string

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

string the package

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

string (a lightweight cord)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Remove the stringy parts of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

string beans

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Provide with strings

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

string my guitar

Hypernyms (to "string" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unstring (remove the strings from)

Derivation:

string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow)

string (a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket)

 Context examples 

A character or string used to name, or characterize a clinical events reference.

(Clinical Events Reference Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

A character or string that represents a clinical event group.

(Clinical Events Group Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

There's plenty of string, said Mr. Dick, and when it flies high, it takes the facts a long way.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There are no strings on it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The standard character or string for representation and reporting of pharmacokinetic concentration data.

(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Character Result in Standard Format, NCI Thesaurus)

One string he tied around the throat of Kiche.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A character or string that represents a pharmacokinetic concentration examination.

(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Test, NCI Thesaurus)

The standard character or string for representation and reporting of pharmacokinetic parameter data.

(Pharmacokinetic Parameter Character Result in Standard Format, NCI Thesaurus)

“What do you make of this string, Lestrade?”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A character or string used to name, or characterize a pharmacokinetic concentration reference.

(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Reference Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)