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▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
▸ noun:  (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
▸ noun:  (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
▸ noun:  (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
▸ noun:  (countable) A series of items or events.
▸ noun:  (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
▸ noun:  (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
▸ noun:  (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
▸ noun:  (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
▸ noun:  (music, metonymically, countable) A stringed instrument.
▸ noun:  (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
▸ noun:  (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
▸ noun:  (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
▸ noun:  (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
▸ noun:  (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
▸ noun:  (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
▸ noun:  (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
▸ noun:  (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
▸ noun:  A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
▸ noun:  (carpentry) A board supporting steps
▸ noun:  (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
▸ noun:  (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
▸ noun:  (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
▸ noun:  (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
▸ noun:  (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
▸ noun:  (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
▸ noun:  (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put strings on (something).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
▸ verb:  (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

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