string
a lightweight cord
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,995 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 43,824 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a lightweight cord also: twine
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow also: bowed stringed instrument the strings played superlatively well
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding also: train a string of islandstrain of mourners
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening also: drawstring, drawing string he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
string in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Norah did not ask nor, indeed, look for any answer to this string of questions.
At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) · Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant · Chapter 1
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He shot up the cliff and out of sight, the suction-cups popping like a string of fire-crackers.
One touch of Terra · Hannes Bok · Chapter 1
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Yet, ere thy chords are mute, oh, once again My trembling lyre let me touch thy string!
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 270 · Various · Chapter 1
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He had under his arm half-a-dozen volumes, which, without a word, he laid before Mr. Emblem, and untied the string.
In Luck at Last · Walter Besant · Chapter 1
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And without more ado he tried the string of his long bow, placed a shaft thereon, and drew it to his ear.
Robin Hood · J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden · Chapter 1