strings
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/stɹɪŋz/
English
Definitions
noun
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.“There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.”
- (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
noun
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- Any similar long, thin and flexible object.“a bowstring”
- 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 string of sausages”
verb
- To put (items) on a string.“You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.”
- To put strings on (something).“It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.”
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
noun
- Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
- Conditions, especially undesirable ones.“It looks like a good offer, but there are strings attached.”
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