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Noun string has 8 senses
- string, twine - a lightweight cord
--1 is a kind of section; cord; section; cord
--1 has particulars:
- bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
--2 is a kind of stringed instrument; stringed instrument
--2 has parts: fingerboard
--2 has particulars: | bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass; cello, violoncello; viol; viola; violin, fiddle; bowed stringed instrument, string; bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass; cello, violoncello; viol; viola; violin, fiddle |
- string - a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
--3 is a kind of cord; cord
--3 is a part of stringed instrument
--3 has particulars: snare; string; snare
- string, train - 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"
--4 is a kind of series; series
- string - a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
--5 is a kind of sequence; sequence
--5 has parts: language unit, linguistic unit
--5 has particulars:
- drawstring, drawing string, string - a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
--6 is a kind of tie; tie
--6 is a part of drawstring bag
--6 has particulars:
- string - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
--7 is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage; collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--7 has particulars:
- chain, string, strand - a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
--8 is a kind of necklace; necklace
Verb string has 7 senses
- string, thread, draw - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
--1 is one way to arrange, set up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- string, string up - add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
--2 is one way to add
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- string, string along - move or come along
--3 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- string - stretch out or arrange like a string
--4 is one way to arrange, set up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- string - string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
--5 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- string - remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
--6 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- string - provide with strings; "string my guitar"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: unstring
Sample sentence:
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