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Antonyms for string

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : strɪŋ

Definition of string

Origin :
  • Old English streng "line, cord, thread," from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (cf. Old Norse strengr, Danish streng, Middle Dutch strenge, Dutch streng, Old High German strang, German Strang "rope, cord"), from *strang- "taut, stiff," from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see strain). Gradually restricted by early Middle English to lines that are smaller than a rope. Sense of "a number of objects arranged in a line" first recorded late 15c.
  • Old English meaning "ligaments, tendons" is preserved in hamstring, heartstrings. Meaning "limitations, stipulations" (1888) is American English, probably from the common April Fool's joke of leaving a purse that looks full of money on the sidewalk, then tugging it away with an attached string when someone stoops to pick it up. To pull strings "control the course of affairs" (1860) is from the notion of puppet theater. First string, second string, etc. in athletics (1863) is from archers' custom of carrying spare bowstrings in the event that one breaks. Strings "stringed instruments" is attested from mid-14c. String bean is from 1759; string bikini is from 1974.
  • noun long fiber
  • noun succession, series
Example sentences :
  • I wish you are not indeed angry with me for harping so much on one string.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • You will see three on one string; send me the one with such and such teeth.'
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • However, I am going to give my imagination rein, and string some rhymes about them.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • You see, she finds the ring, as I knew she would from the moment that your string twanged.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I have thirteen arrows yet, and if one of them fly unfleshed, then, by the twang of string!
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But after a week or two her nerves were stretched taut as a string.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "It's on a string round me neck this blessed minute," said Katy.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Linda picked it up, untied the string, and slipped off the wrapping.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • He wondered who would get his string to ride, and what they would do with his bed.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • At the same time he by no means rejected the other string to his bow.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for string

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