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1. string - noun

· a lightweight cord

Synonym(s): twine

Hypernym(s): cord

2. string - noun

· stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

Synonym(s): bowed_stringed_instrument

Hypernym(s): stringed_instrument

3. string - noun

· a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

Hypernym(s): cord

4. string - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): train

Hypernym(s): series

5. string - noun

· a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

Hypernym(s): sequence

6. string - noun

· a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

Synonym(s): drawstring, drawing_string

Hypernym(s): tie

7. string - noun

· a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

Hypernym(s): fiber, fibre

8. string - noun

· (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

Synonym(s): cosmic_string

Hypernym(s): elementary_particle, fundamental_particle

9. string - noun

· a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

Hypernym(s): collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

10. string - noun

· a necklace made by stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"

Synonym(s): chain, strand

Hypernym(s): necklace

11. string - verb

· thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

Synonym(s): thread, draw

Hypernym(s): arrange, set_up

12. string - verb

· add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"

Synonym(s): string_up

Hypernym(s): add

13. string - verb

· move or come along

Synonym(s): string_along

Hypernym(s): advance, progress, pass_on, move_on, march_on, go_on

14. string - verb

· stretch out or arrange like a string

Hypernym(s): arrange, set_up

15. string - verb

· string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"

Hypernym(s): fasten, fix, secure

16. string - verb

· remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw

17. string - verb

· provide with strings; "string my guitar"

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

Antonym(s): unstring

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