1. The section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
   "the strings played superlatively well";
   - string section
    
2. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
   "The loan came with many strings attached";
   - condition, term
    
3. Conditions, especially undesirable ones
   "there may be strings attached to the offer"

1. A lightweight cord
   "He tied up the package with string";
   - twine
    
2. A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
   "The violinist carefully tuned each string of her instrument"
    
3. A stringed instrument that is played with a bow
   "the strings played superlatively well";
   - bowed stringed instrument
    
4. A sequentially ordered set of things, events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
   "a string of islands";
   - train
    
5. A linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
   "The programmer used a string of characters to represent the user's input"
    
6. A collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
   "She wore a string of pearls around her neck"
    
7. A necklace made by stringing objects together
   "a string of beads";
   - chain, strand
    
8. A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
   "he pulled the drawing string and closed the bag";
   - drawstring, drawing string, drawcord
    
9. A tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
   "She carefully removed the strings from the celery before chopping it"
    
10. (physics, string theory) a hypothetical one-dimensional object living in extended dimensions; vibrational states can represent subatomic particles or similar
    "String theory proposes that strings are the fundamental constituents of the universe"

1. Thread on or as if on a string
   "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string";
   - thread, draw
    
2. Tie, fasten or join together with a string
   "string the package"
    
3. Stretch out or arrange like a string
   "The decorator strung lights across the patio"
    
4. Add as if on a string
   "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical";
   - string up
    
5. Move or come along
   "You can string along if you like";
   - string along [informal]
    
6. Provide with strings
   "string my guitar"
    
7. Remove the stringy parts of
   "string beans"
    
8. (billiards/pool) determine who plays first by simultaneously shooting balls to the far rail and back, with the player whose ball stops closest to the head rail winning
   "They strung for the break";
   - lag [N. Amer]

See also: spread out

Type of: accumulation, add, advance, aggregation, alter, arrange, assemblage, change, collection, cord, elementary particle, fasten, fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn], fix, fundamental particle, go on, march on, modify, move on, necklace, pass on, progress, remove, section, secure, sequence, series, set up, statement, stringed instrument, take, take away, tie, withdraw

Antonym: unstring

Part of: agreement, drawstring bag, understanding

Encyclopedia: Strings