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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
String \String\ (str[i^]ng), noun [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str["a]ng, Dan. str[ae]ng; probably from the adjective, E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E. strangle.]
1. A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. --Shak.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. --Prior.
2. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. ''A string of islands.'' --Gibbon.
3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. --Milton.
4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. ''An instrument of ten strings.'' --Ps. xxx. iii. 2.
Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. --Milton.
5. The line or cord of a bow. --Ps. xi. 2.
He twangs the grieving string. --Pope.
6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. --Bacon.
7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The string of his tongue was loosed. --Mark vii. 35.
8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. --Ure.
11. (Arch.) Same as {Stringcourse}.
12. (Billiards) The points made in a game.
13. (a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire. (b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
14. (Billiards & Pool) (a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also {string line}. (b) Act of stringing for break. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. A hoax; a trumped-up or ''fake'' story. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16. a sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway. [PJC]
17. (Physics) A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in {string theory}, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10^{-33} cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also {string theory}. [PJC]
{String band} (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments.
{String beans}. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean.
{To have two strings to one's bow}, to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
String \String\, verb (used without an object) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
String \String\ (str[i^]ng), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Strung} (str[u^]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay.
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden.
5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, noun, 9.
6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
string
noun
1: a lightweight cord [syn: {twine}]
2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" [syn: {bowed stringed instrument}]
3: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
4: 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" [syn: {train}]
5: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" [syn: {drawstring}, {drawing string}]
7: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
8: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: {chain}, {strand}]
verb
1: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" [syn: {thread}, {draw}]
2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: {string up}]
3: move or come along [syn: {string along}]
4: stretch out or arrange like a string
5: string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
6: remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
7: provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: {unstring}] [also: {strung}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
361 Moby Thesaurus words for "string": A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Indian file, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, age group, agree, array, articulation, atone, attune, authority, band, bank, bar, bass, bass viol, battalion, be continuous, bevy, bluff, body, boundary condition, bow, braid, brail, bridge, brigade, bull fiddle, bunch, buzz, cabal, cable, caravan, cast, catch, catches, catena, catenate, catenation, catgut, cavalcade, cello, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chaplet, cheat, choker, chord, clause, clique, cohort, collaborate, column, command, company, complement, concatenate, concatenation, concur, condition, conditions, connect, connect up, connection, consecution, contingent, continuate, continue, continuum, contrabass, control, cord, corps, cortege, coterie, course, covey, crew, crowd, cycle, deceive, delay, dernier ressort, descent, detachment, detail, division, dominate, domination, donnee, doorstep, double bass, drag out, drape, dress parade, drone, dupe, echelon, eight, eleven, endless belt, endless round, entry, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, exception, exert influence, expedient, extend, faction, favorite, festoon, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fiddlestring, filament, file, filiation, fine print, fingerboard, first string, first team, five, fleet, flyover, follow, fool, footrest, footstep, form a series, funeral, gamut, gang, given, go along with, gradation, grounds, group, grouping, groupment, hang, hoax, hold the reins, horsehair, hum, in-group, join, joker, junta, jurisdiction, kicker, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, lead, leader, leash, ligament, ligation, ligature, limitations, limiting condition, line, lineage, linguistic act, link, locution, loop, lynch, maintain continuity, makeshift, manipulate, march past, mastery, might, mob, monotone, motorcade, movement, mudder, mule train, necklace, nexus, nine, nylon string, obligation, operate, order, out-group, outfit, pack, pack train, parade, parameter, parol, parole, party, peer group, pendulum, periodicity, phalanx, phonation, plate horse, plater, platoon, plenum, pole horse, pomp, pony, posse, postpone, powder train, prerequisite, procession, progression, promenade, protract, provision, provisions, proviso, pull the strings, put in tune, qualification, queue, race horse, racer, range, rank, reach, recourse, recurrence, refuge, regiment, requisite, reservation, reserves, resort, rest, reticulation, review, riser, rope, rotation, round, routine, row, rowing crew, run, run on, rundle, rung, salon, saving clause, scale, scroll, second string, second team, sequel, sequence, sequence of phonemes, series, set, shift, sine qua non, single file, skimmington, sling, small print, soundboard, speaking, specification, spectrum, speech act, spin out, spoke, spun yarn, squad, stable, stair, stake horse, staker, starter, stave, steel string, steeplechaser, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stipulation, stipulations, stopgap, strand, stream, stretch, string along, string out, string together, string up, strings, strip, stripe, substitute, succession, suspend, swath, sway, team, tendon, tenor violin, term, terms, the spoken word, third string, thong, thread, tier, tone down, tone up, tongue, train, tread, tribe, trick, troop, troupe, tune, tune up, tuning peg, twine, twist, ultimatum, utterance, utterance string, varsity, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, vocable, voice, whereas, windrow, wing, wire, word, word of mouth, wound string, wreath, yarn
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
string A sequence of {data} values, usually {bytes}, which usually stand for {characters} (a "character string"). The {mapping} between values and characters is determined by the {character set} which is itself specified implcitly or explicitly by the environment in which the string is being interpreted. The most common character set is {ASCII} but, since the late 1990s, there has been increased interest in larger character sets such as {Unicode} where each character is represented by more than eight {bits}. Most programming languages consider strings (e.g. "124:shabooya:\n", "hello world") basically distinct from numbers which are typically stored in fixed-length {binary} or {floating-point} representation. A {bit string} is a sequence of {bit}s. (1999-12-21)
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