A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
A stringed instrument.
The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
A series of items or events.
The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
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 column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
A thread
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
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; also called the string line.
A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
Such a structure considered as a substance.
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
Cannabis or marijuana.
The points made in a game of billiards.
A stringcourse.
Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
To put strings on (something).
To put (items) on a string.
A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.