Definition of "string"
string
/stɹɪŋ/
noun
countable and uncountable, plural strings
(music, metonymically, countable) A stringed instrument.
(figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
(carpentry) A board supporting steps
(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
(architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
verb
third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past strung or (obsolete or nonstandard) strang, past participle strung