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(verb) add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" |
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Synonyms: string up |
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Related Words: add |
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(verb) provide with strings; "string my guitar" |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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Antonyms: unstring |
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(verb) thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string" |
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Synonyms: thread |
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Related Words: arrange, bead, set up, wire |
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(verb) remove the stringy parts of; "string beans" |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(verb) string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package" |
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Related Words: fasten, fix, secure |
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(verb) stretch out or arrange like a string |
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Related Words: arrange, set up |
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(verb) move or come along |
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Synonyms: string along |
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Related Words: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
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(noun) a lightweight cord |
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Synonyms: twine |
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Related Words: chalk line, cord, packthread, snapline |
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(noun) a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
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Related Words: cord, snare |
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(noun) a collection of objects threaded on a single strand |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, beads, collection, string of beads |
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(noun) a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
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Synonyms: linguistic string, string of words, word string |
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Related Words: constituent, grammatical constituent, language, line, linguistic communication, sentence |
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(noun) a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding: "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" |
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Synonyms: train |
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Related Words: series |
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(noun) stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" |
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Synonyms: bowed stringed instrument |
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Related Words: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, cello, contrabass, double bass, fiddle, string bass, stringed instrument, viol, viola, violin, violoncello |
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(noun) a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads" or "a strand of pearls" |
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Synonyms: chain, strand |
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Related Words: necklace |
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(noun) cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" |
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Synonyms: drawstring |
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Related Words: purse string, tie |
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