Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: bowed_stringed_instrument, cosmic_string, drawing_string, drawstring, string, string_along, string_up

'string'

[string.n.01] as in: a lightweight cord

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'string'

[bowed_stringed_instrument.n.01] as in: stringed instruments that are played with a bow

Examples:
the strings played superlatively well

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'string'

[string.n.03] as in: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

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'string'

[string.n.04] as in: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

Examples:
a string of islands
train of mourners
a train of thought

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'string'

[string.n.05] as in: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

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'string'

[drawstring.n.01] as in: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

Examples:
he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

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'string'

[string.n.07] as in: 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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'string'

[string.n.08] as in: (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

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'string'

[string.n.09] as in: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

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'string'

[chain.n.10] as in: a necklace made by a stringing objects together

Examples:
a string of beads
a strand of pearls

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'string'

[string.v.01] as in: thread on or as if on a string

Examples:
string pearls on a string
the child drew glass beads on a string
thread dried cranberries

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'string'

[string.v.02] as in: add as if on a string

Examples:
string these ideas together
string up these songs and you'll have a musical

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'string'

[string.v.03] as in: move or come along

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'string'

[string.v.04] as in: stretch out or arrange like a string

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'string'

[string.v.05] as in: string together; tie or fasten with a string

Examples:
string the package

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'string'

[string.v.06] as in: remove the stringy parts of

Examples:
string beans

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'string'

[string.v.07] as in: provide with strings

Examples:
string my guitar

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Origins

					string (English)
└── string (Middle English (1100-1500))