string
1. a lightweight cord (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
twine
• Derivationally related forms:
twine (for: twine)
• Hypernyms:
cord
• Hyponyms:
chalk line, snap line, snapline, packthread
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow (Freq. 3)
- the strings played superlatively well
• Syn:
bowed stringed instrument
• Hypernyms:
stringed instrument
• Hyponyms:
bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass,
contrabass, cello, violoncello, viol, viola,
violin, fiddle
• Part Meronyms:
fingerboard
3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed (Freq. 2)
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
cord
• Hyponyms:
snare
• Part Holonyms:
stringed instrument
4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding (Freq. 1)
- a string of islands
- train of mourners
- a train of thought
• Syn:
train
• Hypernyms:
series
5. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
sequence
• Hyponyms:
extension, filename extension, file name extension, string of words, word string,
linguistic string, substring
• Part Meronyms:
language unit, linguistic unit
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening (Freq. 1)
- he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
• Syn:
drawstring, drawing string
• Hypernyms:
tie
• Hyponyms:
purse string
• Part Holonyms:
drawstring 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)
• Hypernyms:
fiber, fibre
8. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
• Syn:
cosmic string
• Topics:
cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny
• Hypernyms:
elementary particle, fundamental particle
9. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
beads, string of beads
10. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
- a string of beads
- a strand of pearls
• Syn:
chain, strand
• Hypernyms:
necklace
1. thread on or as if on a string (Freq. 2)
- string pearls on a string
- the child drew glass beads on a string
- thread dried cranberries
• Syn:
thread, draw
• Derivationally related forms:
thread (for: thread), threader (for: thread), stringer
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
bead, wire
• Verb Group:
guide, run, draw, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. add as if on a string (Freq. 1)
- string these ideas together
- string up these songs and you'll have a musical
• Syn:
string up
• Hypernyms:
add
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. move or come along
• Syn:
string along
• Hypernyms:
advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. stretch out or arrange like a string
• See Also:
string out
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. string together;
tie or fasten with a string
- string the package
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. remove the stringy parts of
- string beans
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. provide with strings
- string my guitar
• Ant:
unstring
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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