Meaning & Definition of String in English

1. A lightweight cord

2. Stringed instruments that are played with a bow

• "The strings played superlatively well"

3. A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

4. 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"

5. A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

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

• "He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

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 a stringing objects together

• "A string of beads"

• "A strand of pearls"

1. Thread on or as if on a string

• "String pearls on a string"

• "The child drew glass beads on a string"

• "Thread dried cranberries"

2. Add as if on a string

• "String these ideas together"

• "String up these songs and you'll have a musical"

3. Move or come along

4. Stretch out or arrange like a string

5. String together

• Tie or fasten with a string

• "String the package"

6. Remove the stringy parts of

• "String beans"

7. Provide with strings

• "String my guitar"