NOUN | artifact | string, twine | a lightweight cord |
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artifact | string, bowed stringed instrument | stringed instruments that are played with a bow | |
artifact | string | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed | |
group | string, train | a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding | |
communication | string | a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) | |
artifact | string, drawstring, drawing string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | |
substance | string | a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) | |
object | string, cosmic string | (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop | |
artifact | string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand | |
artifact | string, chain, strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together | |
VERB | contact | string, thread, draw | thread on or as if on a string |
change | string, string up | add as if on a string | |
motion | string, string along | move or come along | |
contact | string | stretch out or arrange like a string | |
contact | string | string together | |
contact | string | remove the stringy parts of | |
contact | string | provide with strings |
Sounds | strih'ng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | A lightweight cord. | |
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Synonym | twine | |
Narrower | chalk line, snap line, snapline | A chalked string used in the building trades / trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
packthread | A strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages | |
Broader | cord | A line made of twisted fibers or threads |
Spanish | bramante, cordel, cordón, cuerda, guita, hilo, mecate | |
Catalan | cordell | |
Verbs | string | thread on or as if on a string |
string | string together |
Meaning | stringed instruments that are played with a bow. | |
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Example | "the strings played superlatively well" | |
Synonym | bowed stringed instrument | |
Parts | fingerboard | A narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers |
Narrower | bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
cello, violoncello | A large stringed instrument | |
viol | Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family | |
viola | A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger / larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower | |
violin, fiddle | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family | |
Broader | stringed instrument | A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
Catalan | instrument de corda amb arc | |
Verbs | string | provide with strings |
Meaning | A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed. | |
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Narrower | snare | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum |
Broader | cord | A line made of twisted fibers or threads |
Verbs | string | provide with strings |
Meaning | A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding. | |
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Example | "a string of islands" | |
Synonym | train | |
Broader | series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another |
Spanish | serie | |
Catalan | sèrie | |
Verbs | string | add as if on a string |
Meaning | A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases). | |
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Parts | language unit, linguistic unit | One of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
Narrower | extension, filename extension, file name extension | A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters |
string of words, word string, linguistic string | A linear sequence of words as spoken or written | |
substring | A string that is part of a longer string | |
Broader | sequence | Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern |
Spanish | cadena | |
Catalan | cadena |
Meaning | A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening. | |
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Example | "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" | |
Synonyms | drawstring, drawing string | |
Part of | drawstring bag | A bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring |
Narrower | purse string | A drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
Broader | tie | A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied |
Meaning | A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod). | |
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Broader | fiber, fibre | A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
Meaning | (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop. | |
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Synonym | cosmic string | |
Category | cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny | The branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe |
Broader | elementary particle, fundamental particle | (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom |
Meaning | A collection of objects threaded on a single strand. | |
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Narrower | beads, string of beads | Several beads threaded together on a string |
Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
Spanish | hilera | |
Catalan | filera | |
Verbs | string | thread on or as if on a string |
string | stretch out or arrange like a string |
Meaning | A necklace made by a stringing objects together. | |
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Example | "a string of beads" | |
Synonyms | chain, strand | |
Broader | necklace | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems / gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) |
Spanish | cadena, cadenilla | |
Catalan | cadena | |
Verbs | string | thread on or as if on a string |
Meaning | thread on or as if on a string. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | thread, draw | |
Narrower | bead | string together like beads |
wire | string on a wire | |
Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
Similar to | guide, run, draw, pass | pass over, across, or through |
Spanish | encordar, enfilar, engarzar, enhebrar, ensartar | |
Catalan | enfilar | |
Participle | strung | that is on a string |
Nouns | string | a lightweight cord |
string | a necklace made by a stringing objects together | |
string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand | |
stringer | a worker who strings |
Meaning | add as if on a string. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | string up | |
Broader | add | make an addition (to) |
Spanish | encordar, engarzar | |
Catalan | encordar, penjar-se, penjar | |
Nouns | string | a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding |
Meaning | Move or come along. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | string along | |
Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
Spanish | ensartar | |
Catalan | enfilar |
Meaning | stretch out or arrange like a string. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
See also | string out | set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series |
Nouns | string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand |
Meaning | string together; tie or fasten with a string. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "string the package" | |
Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
Spanish | encordar | |
Catalan | encordar | |
Nouns | string | a lightweight cord |
Meaning | Remove the stringy parts of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "string beans" | |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Spanish | desfibrar | |
Catalan | desenfilar |
Meaning | Provide with strings. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "string my guitar" | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Opposite | unstring | Remove the strings from |
Spanish | encordar | |
Nouns | string | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow |
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