stringing

string  (strng)

n.

1. A cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.

2. Something configured as a long, thin line: limp strings of hair.

3. A plant fiber.

4. A set of objects threaded together: a string of beads.

5. A series of similar or related acts, events, or items arranged or falling in or as if in a line. See Synonyms at series.

6. Computer Science A set of consecutive characters.

7. Informal

a. A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.

b. A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management: a string of boutiques.

8. Sports A group of players ranked according to ability within a team: He made the second string.

9. Music

a. A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.

b. strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments.

c. strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.

10. Architecture

a. A stringboard.

b. A stringcourse.

11. Games The balk line in billiards.

12. Sports A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.

13. Informal A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural: a gift with no strings attached.

v. strung (strng), string·ing, strings

v.tr.

1. To fit or furnish with strings or a string: string a guitar.

2. To thread on a string.

3. To arrange in a string or series. Often used with out.

4. To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings.

5. To stretch out or extend: string a wire across a room.

6. To strip (vegetables) of fibers.

v.intr.

1. To form strings or become stringlike.

2. To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession.

Phrasal Verbs:

string along Informal

1. To go along with something; agree.

2. To keep (someone) waiting or in a state of uncertainty.

3. To fool, cheat, or deceive.

string out

To draw out; prolong.

string up Informal

To kill (someone) by hanging.

Idiom:

on a/the string

Under one's complete control or influence.

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[Middle English, from Old English streng.]

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Stringing string collectively, 1722.

Translations

stringing [ˈstrɪŋɪŋ] n (Tennis) → accordatura