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Substring and Strings

substring

noun

  • A string that is part of a longer string. .
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strings

noun

  • A lightweight cord.
  • Stringed instruments that are played with a bow.
    • usage: "the strings played superlatively well"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • 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.
  • 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";
  • The section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments.

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"
  • Add as if on a string.
    • usage: "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
  • Move or come 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"
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