String and Secure

noun

• A lightweight cord.
  • synonyms: twine
• Stringed instruments that are played with a bow.
  • usage: "the strings played superlatively well"
  • synonyms: bowed stringed instrument
• A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed.
• A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding.
  • usage: "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
  • synonyms: train
• A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases. )
• A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.
  • usage: "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
  • synonyms: drawstring, drawing string
• A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod. )
• Cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop.
  • synonyms: cosmic string
• A collection of objects threaded on a single strand.
• A necklace made by a stringing objects together.
  • usage: "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
  • synonyms: chain, strand

verb

• Thread on or as if on a string.
  • usage: "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
  • synonyms: thread, draw
• Add as if on a string.
  • usage: "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
  • synonyms: string up
• Move or come along.
  • synonyms: string along
• Stretch out or arrange like a string.
• String together; tie or fasten with a string.
  • usage: "string the package"
• Remove the stringy parts of.
  • usage: "string beans"
• Provide with strings.
  • usage: "string my guitar"

• (n.) A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.
• (n.) Act of stringing for break.
• (n.) 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; -- called also string line.
• (n.) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
• (v.t.) To hoax; josh; jolly.
• (v.i.) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched or people who are moving along, etc.
• (n.) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.
• (n.) The line or cord of a bow.
• (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
• (v.t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
• (n.) The points made in a game.
• (n.) 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.
• (v.t.) To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
• (n.) Same as Stringcourse.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
• (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
• (v.t.) To make tense; to strengthen.
• (v.t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
• (v.t.) To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
• (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

verb

• Get by special effort.
  • usage: "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
  • synonyms: procure
• Cause to be firmly attached.
  • usage: "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
  • synonyms: fasten, fix
• Assure payment of.
• Make certain of.
  • usage: "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success"
  • synonyms: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure
• Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.
  • usage: "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
  • synonyms: plug, stop up
• Furnish with battens.
  • usage: "batten ships"
  • synonyms: batten, batten down

adjective

• Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind.
  • usage: "he was secure that nothing will be held against him"
  • synonyms: unafraid, untroubled
• Free from danger or risk.
  • usage: "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"
• Not likely to fail or give way.
  • usage: "the lock was secure"; "a secure foundation"; "a secure hold on her wrist"
• Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with.
  • usage: "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
  • synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable
• Financially sound.
  • usage: "a good investment"; "a secure investment"
  • synonyms: dependable, good, safe

• (v.t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• (v.t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
• (v.t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door or the hatches of a ship.
• (a.) Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
• (v.t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
• (a.) Free from fear, care or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
• (a.) Confident in opinion; not entertaining or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
• (a.) Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.

(DoD, NATO) In an operational context, to gain possession of a position or terrain feature, with or without force, and to make such disposition as will prevent, as far as possible, its destruction or loss by enemy action. See also denial measure.