string
Forms
- Plural
- strings
- present (v1)
- string
- past (v2)
- strung
- past participle (v3)
- strung
- present participle
- stringing
- 3rd person singular
- strings
Definitions
1.A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
2.Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
3.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.
4.A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
1.To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
2.To put (items) on a string.
- You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
3.To put strings on (something).
- It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
4.To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2757
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”).