ENGLISH: string - CREOLE: kòd



Overview of noun string



The noun string has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (7) string, twine -- (a lightweight cord)

2. (3) bowed stringed instrument, string -- (stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well")

3. (2) string -- (a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed)

4. (1) string, train -- (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")

5. (1) string -- (a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases))

6. (1) drawstring, drawing string, string -- (a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag")

7. string, cosmic string -- ((cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop)

8. string -- (a collection of objects threaded on a single strand)

9. chain, string, strand -- (a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";)



Overview of verb string



The verb string has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) string, thread, draw -- (thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries")

2. (1) string, string up -- (add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical")

3. string, string along -- (move or come along)

4. string -- (stretch out or arrange like a string)

5. string -- (string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package")

6. string -- (remove the stringy parts of; "string beans")

7. string -- (provide with strings; "string my guitar")

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