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string / string/ • n. 1. material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length. ∎ a piece of such material used to tie around or attach to something. ∎ a piece of catgut or similar material interwoven with others to form the head of a sports racket. ∎ a length of catgut or wire on a musical instrument, producing a note by vibration. ∎ (strings) the stringed instruments in an orchestra. ∎ [as adj.] of, relating to, or consisting of stringed instruments: a string quartet. 2. a set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord: she wore a string of agates around her throat. ∎ a sequence of similar items or events: a string of burglaries. ∎ Comput. a linear sequence of characters, words, or other data. ∎ a group of racehorses trained at one stable. ∎ a team or player holding a specified position in an order of preference: Gary was first string on the varsity football team. 3. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food, such as a tough elongated piece connecting the two halves of a bean pod. 4. short for stringboard. 5. a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having the dynamical properties of a flexible loop. ∎ (also cosmic string) (in cosmology) a hypothetical threadlike concentration of energy within the structure of space-time. • v. (past strung / strəng/ ) 1. [tr.] hang (something) so that it stretches in a long line: lights were strung across the promenade. ∎ thread (a series of small objects) on a string: he collected stones with holes in them and strung them on a strong cord. ∎ (be strung) be arranged in a long line: the houses were strung along the road. ∎ (string something together) add items to one another to form a series or coherent whole: he can't string two sentences together. 2. [tr.] fit a string or strings to (a musical instrument, a racket, or a bow): the harp had been newly strung. 3. [tr.] remove the strings from (a bean). PHRASES: no strings attached inf. used to show that an offer or opportunity carries no special conditions or restrictions. on a string under one's control or influence: I've got the world on a string.PHRASAL VERBS: string along inf. stay with or accompany a person or group casually or as long as it is convenient. string someone along inf. mislead someone deliberately over a length of time, esp. about one's intentions: she had no plans to marry him—she was just stringing him along. string something out cause something to stretch out; prolong something. ∎ (string out) stretch out into a long line: the runners string out in a line across the road. ∎ (be strung out) be nervous or tense: I often felt strung out by daily stresses. ∎ (be strung out) be under the influence of alcohol or drugs: he died, strung out on booze and cocaine. string someone/something up hang something up on strings. ∎ kill someone by hanging. DERIVATIVES: string·less adj. string·like / -ˌlīk/ adj. |
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"string." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "string." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-string.html "string." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-string.html |
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Stringa line or series of things or animals. Examples : string of arguments; of ballads, 1710; of barges, 1885; of beads, 1687; of coral beads, 1620; of birds (flying in a single line), 1813; of camels, 1717; of captives, 1910; of carriages, 1820; of empty carriages, 1849; of cash, 1902; of codling, 1891; of doggerel, 1870; of elephants, 1814; of error, 1685; of excuses; of facts, 1859; of flounders, 1737; of gabble, 1858; of geese, 1801; of herrings, 1732; of horses, 1686; of houses, 1843; of islands, 1788; of lies; of life, 1577; of lumber (logs fastened together to be carried down river), 1874; of mules, 1764; of oaths, 1902; of onions, 1834; of packhorses, 1842; of pearls, 1488; of ponies; of questions, 1797; of racehorses, 1809; of rafts, 1885; of resolutions, 1772; of sausages, 1830; of schoolboys, 1830; of slaves, 1734; of stories, 1713; of teal, 1889; of violinists—Lipton, 1970; of visits, 1839; of waters, 1683; of words. |
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"String." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "String." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301501.html "String." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301501.html |
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1. A flexible one-dimensional array, i.e. a flexible vector, of symbols where the lower bound of the vector is fixed at unity but the upper bound, i.e. the string length, may vary. 2. A type of input to a graphics system consisting of a sequence of characters. The usual input device is a keyboard. See also logical input device. 3. Any one-dimensional array of characters. In formal language theory a string is often referred to as a word. See also sequence. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "string." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "string." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-string.html JOHN DAINTITH. "string." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-string.html |
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string1 line, cord OE.; number of things strung together XV. OE. streng = MLG. strenge, MDu. strenc, stranc, OHG. stranc, ON. strengr :- Gmc. *straŋʒiz (see STRONG).
Hence string2 pt., pp. strung fit (a bow) with its string XVI (isolated ex. of pp. ystrenged XIV); make tense XVI; bind (as) with string XVII. f. prec. stringed (-ED 2) having a string or strings. First in OE. tȳnstrenged ten-stringed (Psalm 91: 4). stringy (-Y1) XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "string." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "string." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-string.html T. F. HOAD. "string." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-string.html |
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string have a second string to one's bow have an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails; a metaphor from shooting with a bow and arrow.
string and sealing-wax (the type of) simple or unpretentious scientific equipment, with which great scientific discoveries may yet be made. See also pull strings, hold the purse strings. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "string." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "string." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-string.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "string." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-string.html |
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "string." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "string." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-string.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "string." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-string.html |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "string." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "string." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-string.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "string." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-string.html |
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string A sequence of characters usually enclosed within single or double quotation marks.
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DARREL INCE. "string." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "string." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-string.html DARREL INCE. "string." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-string.html |
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string See cosmic string.
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"string." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "string." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-string.html "string." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-string.html |
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•Beijing, bing, bring, Chungking, cling, ding, dingaling, fling, I Ching, king, Kunming, ling, Ming, Nanjing, Peking, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, wing, wring, Xining, zing
•saying, slaying
•bricklaying • minelaying
•being, far-seeing, unseeing
•sightseeing • well-being
•blackberrying
•dairying, unvarying
•unwearying
•self-pitying, unpitying
•belying, dying, lying, self-denying, tying, vying
•unedifying • unsatisfying • outlying
•drawing • underdrawing
•easygoing, flowing, going, knowing, mowing, outgoing, showing, sowing, thoroughgoing, toing and froing
•seagoing • ongoing • foregoing
•theatregoing • churchgoing
•following • borrowing • annoying
•bluing, doing, misdoing
•evil-doing • wrongdoing
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"string." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "string." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-string.html "string." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-string.html |
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