3. string a collection of objects threaded on a string: a string of pearls.
4. string a series of things arranged in or as if in a line: a string of questions.
5. string a group of animals, businesses, etc., owned or managed by one person or group: a string of race horses; a string of hotels.
6. string the tightly stretched cord or wire of a musicalinstrument that produces a tone when caused to vibrate, as by plucking, striking, or the friction of a bow.
7. string strings,
8. string stringed instruments, esp. those played with a bow.
2. (noun)bowed stringed instrument, string stringed instruments that are played with a bow "the strings played superlatively well"
3. (noun)string a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
4. (noun)string, train 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"
5. (noun)string a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6. (noun)drawstring, drawing string, string a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
7. (noun)string a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
8. (noun)string, cosmic string (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
9. (noun)string a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
10. (verb)chain, string, strand a necklace made by a stringing objects together "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
11. (verb)string, thread, draw thread on or as if on a string "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
12. (verb)string, string up add as if on a string "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
13. (verb)string, string along move or come along
14. (verb)string stretch out or arrange like a string
15. (verb)string string together; tie or fasten with a string "string the package"
16. (verb)string remove the stringy parts of "string beans"
17. (verb)string provide with strings "string my guitar"
1. (noun)string a very long thin piece of material used to tie things Tie a piece of string around the box.
2. string a series of things or events a string of failures/tragedies/attacks etc.; a string of hit films
3. string a number of things attached in a row on a string a string of beads/pearls
4. string one of the wires on a musical instruments that makes notes a guitar with six strings
5. string the strings the instruments with strings in an orchestra The strings enter with the first theme.
6. (verb)string to put a string through holes in a set of small objects She strung the shells on some thread.
7. string to decorate sth by hanging objects along it Tiny white lights were strung along the walkway.; a house strung with Christmas decorations
Definition of 'string'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)string 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
2. (noun)string 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
3. (noun)string a strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together
4. (noun)string 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
5. (noun)string the line or cord of a bow
6. (noun)string a fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root
7. (noun)string a nerve or tendon of an animal body
8. (noun)string an inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it
9. (noun)string 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
Sense: (a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.
Definitions of string 
Afrikaans: tou, string
Arabic: خَيْط
Bulgarian: връв
Brazilian: fio
Czech: provaz, nit
German: die Schnur
Danish: snor; -snor
Greek: σπάγγος, κορδόνι
Spanish: cuerda, cordel
Estonian: nöör
Farsi: نخ
Finnish: naru
French: ficelle
Hebrew: חוּט
Hindi: सुतली, डोरी, रस्सी
Croatian: vrpca,špaga
Hungarian: zsinór
Indonesian: tali
Icelandic: band, snæri
Italian: laccetto, stringa, cordon
Japanese: ひも
Korean: 줄
Lithuanian: virvė, raištis
Latvian: aukla; saite
Malay: tali
Dutch: touw
Norwegian: snor; tråd; bånd
Polish: sznur, taśma
Persian: نخ
Pashto: نخ
Portuguese: fio
Romanian: sfoară
Russian: верёвка; тесёмка
Slovak: povraz, niť
Slovenian: vrvica
Serbian: vrpca
Swedish: snöre, band, tråd
Thai: เชือก
Turkish: ip, sicim
Taiwanese: 線，細繩，帶
Ukrainian: вірьовка, мотузка
Urdu: ڈوری
Vietnamese: dây, sợi xe
Chinese: 线，细绳，带
