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Meaning of string

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  string
      n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: {string}, {twine}]
      2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings
         played superlatively well" [syn: {bowed stringed instrument},
         {string}]
      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"
         [syn: {string}, {train}]
      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" [syn:
         {drawstring}, {drawing string}, {string}]
      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 [syn: {string}, {cosmic string}]
      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"; [syn: {chain}, {string},
          {strand}]
      v 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" [syn: {string}, {thread}, {draw}]
      2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string
         up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: {string},
         {string up}]
      3: move or come along [syn: {string}, {string 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" [ant: {unstring}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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