string
 string (strĭng)n.
1. A cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.
2. Something configured as a long, thin line:
limp strings of hair.
3. A plant fiber.
4. A set of objects threaded together:
a string of beads.
5. A series of similar or related acts, events, or items arranged or falling in or as if in a line. See Synonyms at series.
6. Computer Science. A set of consecutive characters.
7. Informal.
a. A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.
b. A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management:
a string of boutiques.
8. Sports. A group of players ranked according to ability within a team:
He made the second string.
9. Music.
a. A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.
b. strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments.
c. strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.
10. Architecture.
a. A stringboard.
b. A stringcourse.
11. Games. The balk line in billiards.
12. Sports. A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.
13. Informal. A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural:
a gift with no strings attached.v. strung, (strŭng) string·ing, stringsv. tr.
1. To fit or furnish with strings or a string:
string a guitar.
2. To thread on a string.
3. To arrange in a string or series. Often used with out.
4. To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings.
5. To stretch out or extend:
string a wire across a room.
6. To strip (vegetables) of fibers.v. intr.
1. To form strings or become stringlike.
2. To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession.Phrasal Verbs:string along Informal
1. To go along with something; agree.
2. To keep (someone) waiting or in a state of uncertainty.
3. To fool, cheat, or deceive.string out
To draw out; prolong.string up Informal
To kill (someone) by hanging.Idiom:on a/the string
Under one's complete control or influence. [Middle English, from Old English streng.]
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