String
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word String
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1 n.
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
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2 n.
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 succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
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3 n.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
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4 n.
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
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5 n.
The line or cord of a bow.
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6 n.
A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
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7 n.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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8 n.
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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9 n.
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
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10 n.
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
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11 n.
Same as Stringcourse.
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12 n.
The points made in a game.
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13 v. t.
To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
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14 v. t.
To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
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15 v. t.
To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
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16 v. t.
To make tense; to strengthen.
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17 v. t.
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
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18 n.
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
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19 n.
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 succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
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20 n.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
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21 n.
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
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22 n.
The line or cord of a bow.
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23 n.
A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
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24 n.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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25 n.
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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26 n.
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
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27 n.
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
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28 n.
Same as Stringcourse.
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29 n.
The points made in a game.
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30 v. t.
To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
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31 v. t.
To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
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32 v. t.
To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
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33 v. t.
To make tense; to strengthen.
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34 v. t.
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.