noun Download 🔗Share A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses. Examples : "The wealthy landowner kept his prize-winning horses in several strings near the main house, ensuring they received the best care. " architecture animal building agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner. Examples : "The wealthy owner entered his strings of horses in several races at the upcoming derby. " sport race Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers. Examples : ""Having recently joined strings in London, the new barrister was eager to start his legal career." " law organization group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together. Examples : "Several strings from different prefectures gathered in Tokyo to compete in the sumo tournament. " sport group organization tradition culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp. sex group human society organization business person job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. Examples : "The girl used colorful strings to make friendship bracelets. " material structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Such a structure considered as a substance. Examples : "The chef expertly folded the egg whites, creating light and airy strings throughout the mousse. " material substance structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any similar long, thin and flexible object. Examples : "a bowstring" material thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cohesive substance taking the form of a string. Examples : "The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive" material substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A series of items or events. Examples : "a string of successes" item event list story time organization process system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 : ""During tryouts, the coach carefully evaluated each player to determine who would make the first and second strings on the basketball team." " sport group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. Examples : "After a few strings of bad luck in the card game, Mark finally started winning. " game sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable. Examples : "The wealthy owner entered his strings of horses in several races at the Kentucky Derby. " sport animal race Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity. Examples : "The computer program checked the strings for any misspelled words. " computing technology structure word language info internet communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stringed instrument. Examples : "My daughter wants to learn how to play strings in the school orchestra. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (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 strings of the school orchestra played a beautiful melody during the concert. " music group sound entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively. Examples : "no strings attached" law business condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. Examples : "Physicists study strings to understand the fundamental nature of the universe. " physics theory Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Cannabis or marijuana. Examples : "My neighbor got arrested for selling strings near the park. " medicine substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 strings in our billiards game were exciting; everyone was trying to get their ball closest to the bottom rail. " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept. Examples : "After each round of the beanbag toss, we moved a button along the strings to mark our score. " sport game item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) The points made in a game of billiards. Examples : "After a long afternoon playing pool, Maria counted her strings to see who won. " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 : "After accidentally knocking the cue ball off the table, Maria had to place it behind the strings for her next shot. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. Examples : "The old book was falling apart because the strings holding the pages to the cover had broken. " material structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root. Examples : "The gardener gently pulled the weeds, being careful not to damage the tomato plant's delicate strings searching for nutrients in the soil. " plant biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A nerve or tendon of an animal body. Examples : "The butcher carefully removed the strings from the chicken before packaging it. " anatomy animal body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. Examples : "The ship's hull construction included strong strings, the inner planks bolted to the sheer strake for added strength. " nautical architecture building sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants. Examples : "the strings of beans" plant part vegetable Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. Examples : ""When the geologist cracked open the quartz rock, he saw tiny strings of gold running through it." " geology mineral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stringcourse. Examples : "The brick building had a decorative stringcourse of limestone running horizontally between the first and second stories. " architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hoax; a fake story. Examples : "The news report about the celebrity's secret marriage turned out to be just strings, invented by a gossip website. " story media communication entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put (items) on a string. Examples : "You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace." item action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put strings on (something). Examples : "It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly." material music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. Examples : "The runners began to string out along the trail as the race progressed. " group action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game. Examples : "Before our ping pong match, we will strings to see who serves first. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 experienced birder would never string a sighting by claiming to have seen a rare warbler when it was just a common sparrow." " nature bird animal action environment sport communication language attitude moral game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra. Examples : "The orchestra's strings played a beautiful melody during the concert. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Conditions, especially undesirable ones. Examples : "It looks like a good offer, but there are strings attached." condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading