| NOUN | artifact | string, twine | a lightweight cord |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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