Definition of String. Meaning of String. Synonyms of String

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Definition of String

String
String String, n. 1. (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. 2. (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. 3. A hoax; a trumped-up or ``fake' story. [Slang]
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String String, v. t. To hoax; josh; jolly. [Slang]
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String String, v. i. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
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String String (str[i^]ng), v. t. [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, n., 9.

Meaning of String from wikipedia

- Look up string in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. String or strings may refer to: String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted...
- In molecular biology, STRING (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins) is a biological database and web resource of known and predicted...
- In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...
- In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable. The latter may allow...
- Look up stringer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stringer may refer to: Stringer (aircraft), or longeron, a strip of wood or metal to which the skin...
- In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer...
- A query string is a part of a uniform resource locator (URL) that ****igns values to specified parameters. A query string commonly includes fields added...
- In mathematics and computer science, a string metric (also known as a string similarity metric or string distance function) is a metric that measures...
- A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than...
- The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held...