Sekirov Dictionary

string

/stɹɪŋ/

noun45

  1. a line of soft material, thinner than a rope, that can be tied around things
  2. Any similar long, thin and flexible material.
  3. A length of nylon or other material comprising the webbing on the head of a racquet or the mesh pocket of a lacrosse stick.
  4. A bowstring.
  5. A segment of wire, made of plastic, metal or other material, used as the sound-producing vibrating element on a chordophone.
  6. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
  7. A stretchy or gooey length of melted cheese; the stringiness quality of producing such strings of cheese.
  8. A thread or cord on which a number of objects are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; a line of things similarly strung together.
  9. A series of items or events; items arranged in a line; a trend; a sequence of words, letters, sounds, etc.
  10. An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
  11. A string citation.
  12. A group of animals of any kind, generally moving in a line (as in camels), spread out laterally or a sequential series (as in ducks or geese taking flight).
  13. [in the plural] (figurative) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
  14. [in the plural] A stringed instrument.
  15. [usually plural] The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
  16. Any grouping of companies, institutions, etc.
  17. A group of horses kept for working purposes by one owner; a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
  18. (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
  19. (figurative) A controlling inner sense, emotion, memory, etc.
  20. (figurative) Control; influence.
  21. (figurative) Control over the basketball in a game; the state of being in sync as a team, as if connected by a string.
  22. The members of a sports team or squad in terms of whether they are likely to play first or as backups, etc.
  23. A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
  24. The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
  25. (slang, figurative) A hoax; a fake story.
  26. In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
  27. The sound of a bowstring releasing, which often causes a target animal to jump.
  28. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
  29. A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
  30. 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.
  31. A board supporting steps.
  32. A complete game of ten frames.
  33. The series of three balls and two strikes which comprise an almost full opportunity for a batter, meaning that the next pitch will be decisive.
  34. A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
  35. A stringcourse.
  36. (historical) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept in a game of billiards.
  37. (historical) The points made in a game of billiards.
  38. A part of the game of billiards, in which the order of play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
  39. A series of gunshots comprising a sequence in a practical shooting event.
  40. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
  41. An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
  42. A player's handicap in string game golf, providing an advantage in the form of the string, twine, rope, etc., used to measure that handicap.
  43. A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
  44. (no longer used) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
  45. (no longer used) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

verb5

  1. To put (items) on a string.
  2. To put strings on (something).
  3. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
  4. 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.
  5. To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
forms

stringed · strung · strang · stringing · strings

Phrases with string

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