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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
   - condition, term
    
3. Conditions, especially undesirable ones
   "there may be strings attached to the offer"

1. A lightweight cord
   - twine
    
2. A stringed instrument that is played with a bow
   "the strings played superlatively well";
   - bowed stringed instrument
    
3. A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
    
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.)
    
6. A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
   "he pulled the string and closed the bag";
   - drawstring, drawing string
    
7. A tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
    
8. A collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
    
9. A necklace made by stringing objects together
   "a string of beads";
   - chain, strand
    
10. (physics, string theory) a hypothetical one-dimensional object living in extended dimensions; vibrational states can represent subatomic particles or similar

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. Add as if on a string
   "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical";
   - string up
    
3. Move or come along
   - string along
    
4. Stretch out or arrange like a string
    
5. Tie, fasten or join together with a string
   "string the package"
    
6. Remove the stringy parts of
   "string beans"
    
7. Provide with strings
   "string my guitar"

See also: string 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