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string

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A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

Examples :

"The stable is a large string, housing many horses for the local riding school. "

animal building agriculture essential

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(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

Examples :

"The jockey praised the owner for the string's impressive performance at the races. "

sport animal essential

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A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

Examples :

"The legal string is holding a meeting to discuss the upcoming case. "

law organization group essential

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An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Examples :

"The local sumo string is holding tryouts next week. "

sport organization essential

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A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

Examples :

"The police raided the apartment, arresting the pimp and breaking up the string of prostitutes. "

sex society group human person organization business essential

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A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Examples :

"The kite string was too short to fly the kite properly. "

material structure essential

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Such a structure considered as a substance.

Examples :

"The string of pearls my grandmother gave me is a beautiful piece of jewelry. "

material substance structure essential

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Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

Examples :

"a bowstring"

material thing essential

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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.

Examples :

"a string of sausages"

material thing essential

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A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

Examples :

"The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive"

material substance essential

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A series of items or events.

Examples :

"a string of successes"

list item event essential

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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.

Examples :

"The coach announced that the first string players on the school basketball team would be starting in the championship game. "

sport group essential

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In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

Examples :

"The tennis tournament had three strings of matches each day. "

game sport essential

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A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

Examples :

"The racing stable owned a fine string of thoroughbreds. "

animal sport race group essential

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An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Examples :

"The computer program used a string of characters to identify the student's name. "

computing technology language word essential

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A stringed instrument.

Examples :

"My grandfather plays the violin, a beautiful string. "

music essential

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(usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Examples :

"The string section of the orchestra played beautifully during the concert. "

music essential

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(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

Examples :

"no strings attached"

law business condition essential

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The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Examples :

"String theory is a complex idea, but the fundamental string is the core concept physicists study. "

theory physics essential

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Cannabis or marijuana.

Examples :

"My friend's uncle sells string, but it's not the kind you use for tying things. "

substance medicine essential

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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.

Examples :

"The string in billiards determined who would shoot first. "

sport game essential

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The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

Examples :

"The string of buttons used to keep track of the points in the school's spelling bee competition was almost worn out. "

game sport essential

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(by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

Examples :

"The string in the game of billiards was challenging, requiring several precise shots. "

sport game essential

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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.

Examples :

"The pool player aimed for the string line to get the cue ball back into play. "

sport game essential

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A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

Examples :

"The bookbinder carefully applied the string to the book's covers to keep them closed. "

material stationery essential

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A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

Examples :

"The botanist carefully examined the tiny string of roots clinging to the rock. "

plant biology essential

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A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

Examples :

"The injured athlete had to have surgery to repair the damaged string in his ankle. "

anatomy animal body essential

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An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

Examples :

"The ship's carpenter carefully measured the string, ensuring it was the correct length for bolting to the sheer strake. "

nautical part building essential

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The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

Examples :

"the strings of beans"

plant vegetable essential

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A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Examples :

"The miner noticed a thin string of copper running through the rock face. "

geology material essential

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A stringcourse.

Examples :

"The old stone building had a decorative stringcourse running horizontally across the façade. "

architecture building essential

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A hoax; a fake story.

Examples :

"The rumor about the surprise party was just a string. "

story media communication essential

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To put (items) on a string.

Examples :

"You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace."

item action essential

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To put strings on (something).

Examples :

"It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly."

material action essential

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To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Examples :

"The children strung colorful beads together to make a necklace. "

material process action essential

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To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

Examples :

"The students strung the ping-pong ball to decide who would serve first in their game. "

sport game essential

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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.

Examples :

"The student was accused of stringing the class about a rare bird, claiming to have seen a Snowy Owl when it was actually just a snowy-feathered barn owl. "

bird environment nature action language sport word communication essential