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English noun: string | |||
| 1. | string (artifact) a lightweight cord | ||
| Synonyms | twine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cord | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chalk line, packthread, snap line, snapline | ||
| 2. | string (artifact) stringed instruments that are played with a bow | ||
| Samples | The strings played superlatively well. | ||
| Synonyms | bowed stringed instrument | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stringed instrument | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, cello, contrabass, double bass, fiddle, string bass, viol, viola, violin, violoncello | ||
| Part holonym | fingerboard | ||
| 3. | string (artifact) a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cord | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | snare | ||
| Part meronym | stringed instrument | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| 4. | string (group) a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding | ||
| Samples | A string of islands. Train of mourners. A train of thought. | ||
| Synonyms | train | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | series | ||
| 5. | string (communication) a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sequence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | extension, file name extension, filename extension, linguistic string, string of words, substring, word string | ||
| Part holonym | language unit, linguistic unit | ||
| 6. | string (artifact) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | ||
| Samples | He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag. | ||
| Synonyms | drawing string, drawstring | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tie | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | purse string | ||
| Part meronym | drawstring bag | ||
| 7. | string (substance) a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fiber, fibre | ||
| 8. | string (object) (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop | ||
| Synonyms | cosmic string | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elementary particle, fundamental particle | ||
| Domain category | cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology | ||
| 9. | string (artifact) a collection of objects threaded on a single strand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beads, string of beads | ||
| 10. | string (artifact) a necklace made by a stringing objects together | ||
| Samples | A string of beads. A strand of pearls. | ||
| Synonyms | chain, strand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | necklace | ||
English verb: string | |||
| 1. | string (contact) thread on or as if on a string | ||
| Samples | String pearls on a string. The child drew glass beads on a string. Thread dried cranberries. | ||
| Synonyms | draw, thread | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bead, wire | ||
| Verb group | draw, guide, pass, run | ||
| 2. | string (change) add as if on a string | ||
| Samples | String these ideas together. String up these songs and you'll have a musical. | ||
| Synonyms | string up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | add | ||
| 3. | string (motion) move or come along | ||
| Synonyms | string along | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress | ||
| 4. | string (contact) stretch out or arrange like a string | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
| 5. | string (contact) string together; tie or fasten with a string | ||
| Samples | String the package. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
| 6. | string (contact) remove the stringy parts of | ||
| Samples | String beans. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| 7. | string (contact) provide with strings | ||
| Samples | String my guitar. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Antonyms | unstring | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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