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Webster 1913 Edition

String

String

(strĭng)
,
Noun.
[OE.
string
,
streng
, AS.
streng
; akin to D.
streng
, G.
strang
, Icel.
strengr
, Sw.
sträng
, Dan.
straeng
; probably from the adj., E.
strong
(see
Strong
); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E.
strangle
.]
1.
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope;
as, a shoe
string
; a bonnet
string
; a silken
string
.
Shak.
Round Ormond’s knee thou tiest the mystic
string
.
Prior.
2.
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain;
as, a
string
of shells or beads; a
string
of dried apples; a
string
of houses; a
string
of arguments.
“A string of islands.”
Gibbon.
3.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
Milton.
4.
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (
pl.
), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments;
as, the
strings
took up the theme
.
“An instrument of ten strings.”
Ps. xxx. iii. 2.
Me softer airs befit, and softer
strings

Of lute, or viol still.
Milton.
5.
The line or cord of a bow.
Ps. xi. 2.
He twangs the grieving
string
.
Pope.
6.
A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little
string
into the water, from the bottom.
Bacon.
7.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The
string
of his tongue was loosed.
Mark vii. 35.
8.
(Shipbuilding)
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
9.
(Bot.)
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off;
as, the
strings
of beans
.
10.
(Mining)
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
Ure.
11.
(Arch.)
Same as
Stringcourse
.
12.
(Billiards)
The points made in a game.
String band
(Mus.)
,
a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments.
–
String beans
.
(a)
A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; – so called because the strings are stripped off
.
(b)
Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean.
–
To have two strings to one's bow
,
to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.

String

(strĭng)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Strung
(strŭng)
;
p. p.
Strung
(
R.
Stringed
(strĭngd)
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stringing
.]
1.
To furnish with strings;
as, to
string
a violin
.
Has not wise nature
strung
the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
Gay.
2.
To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has
strung
,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
Addison.
3.
To put on a string; to file;
as, to
string
beads
.
4.
To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil
strung
the nerves, and purified the blood.
Dryden.
5.
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from;
as, to
string
beans
. See
String
,
Noun.
, 9.

Webster 1828 Edition

String

STRING

,
Noun.
[G., L., drawing, stretching.]
1.
A small rope, line or cord, or a slender strip of lether or other like substance, used for fastening or tying things.
2.
A ribin.
Round Ormonds knee thou tyst the mystic string.
3.
A thread on which any thing is filed; and hence, a line of things; as a string of shells or beads.
4.
The chord of a musical instrument, as of a harpsichord, harp or violin; as an instrument of ten strings.
5.
A fiber, as of a plant.
Duck weed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.
6.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The string of his tongue was loosed. Mark 7.
[This is not a technical word.]
7.
The line or cord of a bow.
He twangs the quivring string.
8.
A series of things connected or following in succession; any concatenation of things; as a string of arguments; a string of propositions.
9.
In ship-building, the highest range of planks in a ships ceiling, or that between the gunwale and the upper edge of the upper deck ports.
10.
The tough substance that unites the two parts of the pericarp of leguminous plants; as the strings of beans.
To have two strings to the bow, to have two expedients for executing a project or gaining a purpose; to have a double advantage, or to have two views. [In the latter sense, unusual.]

STRING

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. strung.
1.
To furnish with strings.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet?
2.
To put in tune a stringed instrument.
For here the muse so oft her harp has strung--
3.
To file; to put on a line; as, to string beads or pearls.
4.
To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
5.
To deprive of strings; as, to string beans.

Definition 2024

String

String

See also: string

German

eine Frau, die einen String trägt

Noun

String m ‎(genitive Strings, plural Strings)

  1. thong (as undergarment or swimwear)
  2. (computing) string (sequence of text characters)
  3. (physics) string (central object in string theory)

Synonyms

string

string

See also: String

English

Noun

string ‎(countable and uncountable, plural strings)

  1. (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
    • Prior
      Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
  2. (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
  3. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
    a violin string
    a bowstring
  4. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
    a string of shells or beads; a string of sausages
  5. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
    The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
  6. (countable) A series of items or events.
    • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
      In 1933, disgusted and discouraged after a string of commercial failures, Clara quit the film business forever. She was twenty-six.
    a string of successes
  7. (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
  8. (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
  9. (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
  10. (music, chiefly in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
  11. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively.
    no strings attached
  12. (countable, physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
  13. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
  14. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
  15. The points made in a game of billiards.
  16. (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
  17. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
  18. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
    • Francis Bacon
      Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.
  19. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
    • Bible, Mark vii. 35
      The string of his tongue was loosed.
  20. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
  21. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
    the strings of beans
  22. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
  23. (architecture) A stringcourse.
  24. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.

Synonyms

  • (long, thin structure): cord, rope, line
  • (this structure as a substance): cord, rope, twine
  • (anything long and thin):
  • (cohesive substance in the form of a string):
  • (series of items or events): sequence, series
  • (sequence of characters in computing):
  • (stringed instruments): string section the strings, or the string section
  • (conditions): conditions, provisos
  • See also Wikisaurus:string

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: estrém

Translations

Verb

string ‎(third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past and past participle strung)

  1. (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
    You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
  2. (transitive) To put strings on (something).
    It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
  3. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Synonyms

  • (put on a string): thread
  • (put strings on): lace

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English string.

Noun

string m ‎(plural strings, diminutive stringetje n)

  1. (clothing) G-string, thong
  2. (computing) character string

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From English string.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʁiŋ/

Noun

string m ‎(plural strings)

  1. G-string, thong, tanga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English string.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈstɾĩɡ/, /ˈstɹĩɡ/

Noun

string m (plural strings)

  1. (computing) string (sequence of consecutive text characters)

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From English string.

Noun

string c

  1. G-string, thong

Derived terms

  • stringkalsong
  • stringtrosa

Etymology

Borrowing from English string.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstʀɪŋ/

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