[ { "word": "string", "phonetic": "/st\u0279\u026a\u014b/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/st\u0279\u026a\u014b/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/string-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762781", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables." }, { "definition": "(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.", "synonyms": [ "string" ], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "heya", "string" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Such a structure considered as a substance.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Any similar long, thin and flexible object.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "a bowstring" }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "a string of sausages" }, { "definition": "A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive" }, { "definition": "A series of items or events.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "a string of successes" }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A stringed instrument.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "no strings attached" }, { "definition": "The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Cannabis or marijuana.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A nerve or tendon of an animal body.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "the strings of beans" }, { "definition": "A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A stringcourse.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A hoax; a fake story.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "conditions", "provisos", "cord", "line", "rope", "sequence", "series", "string section", "cord", "rope", "twine" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To put (items) on a string.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace." }, { "definition": "To put strings on (something).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly." }, { "definition": "To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "lace", "thread" ], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stable", "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/string" ] } ]