string

About 22.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

   I always know what position he'll take because the Chairwoman of the Board has her string on him.

2. noun Control; influence.

   I always know what position he'll take because the Chairwoman of the Board has her string on him.

3. noun The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

   The deal sounds good, but what are the strings?

4. noun A controlling inner sense, emotion, memory, etc.

   tug on the heart strings

5. noun Control over the basketball in a game; the state of being in sync as a team, as if connected by a string.

   You have to get the ball on an absolute string.

6. noun Any similar long, thin and flexible material.

   The headdress's frame is made with strings of gold.

7. noun A length of nylon or other material comprising the webbing on the head of a racquet or the mesh pocket of a lacrosse stick.
8. noun The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

   the strings of beans; a string bean

Similar words

thread drawstring chain train twine string up strand string along bowed stringed instrument linguistic string

Often followed by

of is quartet and to in that or with

Word family

stringing stringless strings strung