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Meaning
Noun
●
A long,
thin
and
flexible
structure made from
threads
twisted
together.
●
Such a structure considered as a substance.
●
A thread
●
In Musical instruments:
Any
similar
long,
thin
and
flexible
object.
A
segment
of
wire
(typically
made of
plastic
or
metal
) or other
material
used as
vibrating
element
on a
musical
instrument.
●
In Sports:
Any
similar
long,
thin
and
flexible
object.
A
length
of
nylon
or other
material
on the
head
of a racquet.
●
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
cohesive
substance
taking
the form of a string.
●
A
series
of
items
or events.
●
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.
●
In various
games
and
competitions
, a certain number of
turns
at play
, of
rounds
, etc.
●
A
drove
of
horses
, or a group of
racehorses
kept
by one
owner
or
at one
stable.
●
In Programming:
An
ordered
sequence
of
text
characters
stored
consecutively
in
memory
and
capable
of being
processed
as a
single
entity.
●
In Music:
A
stringed
instrument.
●
In Music:
The
stringed instruments
as a
section
of an
orchestra
, especially those
played
by a
bow
, or the
persons
playing
those
instruments
.
●
The
conditions
and
limitations
in a
contract
collectively.
●
In Physics:
The main
object
of study in
string theory
, a
branch
of
theoretical
physics.
●
Cannabis or marijuana.
●
In Billiards:
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
.
●
In Billiards:
The
buttons
strung
on a
wire
by which the
score
is kept.
●
In Billiards:
The
points
made in
a game
of billiards.
●
In Billiards & Birdwatching:
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
.
●
A
strip
,
as of
leather
, by which the
covers
of a
book
are
held
together.
●
A
fibre
,
as of
a
plant
;
a little
fibrous
root.
●
A
nerve
or
tendon
of an
animal
body.
●
In Carpentry & Birdwatching:
A
board
supporting
steps
●
An inside range of
ceiling
planks
,
corresponding
to the
sheer
strake
on the outside
and
bolted
to it.
●
In Botany:
The
tough
fibrous
substance
that
unites
the
valves
of the
pericarp
of
leguminous
plants.
●
In Mining:
A small,
filamentous
ramification
of a
metallic
vein.
●
In Architecture & Masonry:
A stringcourse.
●
A
hoax
; a
fake
story.
●
Synonym of
stable
(“group of
prostitutes
managed
by one pimp”)
●
In Oil industry:
A
column
of
drill pipe
that
transmits
drilling fluid
(via the
mud
pumps
) and
torque
(via the
kelly
drive
or
top
drive
) to the
drill
bit.
Verb
●
To
put
(items) on a string.
●
To
put
strings
on (something).
●
To form into a
string
or
strings
, as a
substance
which is
stretched
, or people who are
moving along
, etc.
●
In Billiards:
To
drive
the
ball
against the
end of
the
table
and back, in order to
determine
which
player
is to
open
the game.
●
In Birdwatching & Birdwatching:
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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Origin
string
English
string
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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