Definición de string en inglés:

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Pronunciación: /strɪŋ/


1 [mass noun] Material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length: unwieldy packs tied up with string
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  • Colorful hammocks are woven from fine cotton string.
twine, cord, yarn, thread, strand, fibre;
rope, cable, line, wire, ligature, thong, hawser
rare fillis
1.1 [count noun] A piece of string used to tie round or attach to something: the elephant mask had a trunk you could raise by pulling a string
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1.2 [count noun] A piece of catgut or similar material interwoven with others to form the head of a sports racket.
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1.3 [count noun] A length of catgut or wire on a musical instrument, producing a note by vibration: the D string broke
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1.4 (strings) The stringed instruments in an orchestra: the blend of the wind-group is less perfect than that of the strings
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stringed instruments
1.5 [as modifier] Relating to or consisting of stringed instruments: a string quartet
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2A set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord: she wore a string of agates round her throat
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strand, rope, necklace, rosary, chaplet
2.1A sequence of similar items or events: a string of burglaries
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series, succession, chain, sequence, concatenation, run, streak;
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2.3A group of racehorses trained at one stable.
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2.4A reserve team or player holding a specified position in an order of preference: the village team held Rangers' second string to a 0-0 draw
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2.5A player assigned a specified rank in a team in an individual sport such as squash: Taylor lost to third string Baines
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  • Earlier in the tie Manchester stalwart Nick Taylor beat the visitors' third string Sam Miller 9-7 9-5 7-9 9-6 to begin the home team's victory surge.
3A tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food, such as a tough elongated piece connecting the two halves of a bean pod.
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4A G-string or thong.
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  • Beautifully romantic vintage balcony bras and deep sided strings in rich chocolate and plum lace are courtesy of Collette Dinnigan for Wild Hearts.
  • The strings allow for maximum skin and definitely show off the sexier side of you!
  • So as nonchalantly as I could, I slid into the string, the bra, and the slacks.
5 short for stringboard.
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6 Physics A hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having the dynamical properties of a flexible loop.
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6.1 (also cosmic string) A hypothetical thread-like concentration of energy within the structure of space-time.
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verbo (past and past participle strung /strʌŋ/)

1 [with object and adverbial] Hang (something) so that it stretches in a long line: lights were strung across the promenade
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hang, suspend, sling, stretch;
thread, loop, festoon
stretch, sling, run, fasten, tie, secure, link
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thread, loop, link, join
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  • String the beans and break into lengths as for cooking.
4 [with object] North American informal Hoax or trick (someone): I’m not stringing you—I’ll eat my shirt if it’s not true
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  • I'm not stringing you, honest. He's a wonder.
5 [no object] informal Work as a stringer in journalism: he strings for almost every French radio service
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  • I was stringing indirectly for Reuters through an Israeli photo agency and found myself surrounded by a blizzard of bullets for the first time in my life.
6 [no object] Billiards Determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from baulk to rebound off the top cushion, first stroke going to the player whose ball comes to rest nearer the bottom cushion.
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  • To begin a game of English billiards, both players "string".



have many strings to one's bow

see bow1.

how long is a piece of string?

British Used to indicate that something cannot be given a finite measurement.
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  • He is one of the most sought-after artists in the world and in terms of price it would be like asking how long is a piece of string?
  • Not surprisingly, that turns out to be one of those ‘how long is a piece of string?’

no strings attached

informal Used to show that an offer or opportunity carries no special conditions or restrictions: they wanted a lot of money with no strings attached
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conditions, qualifications, provisions, provisos, caveats, stipulations, riders, contingencies, prerequisites, limitations, limits, constraints, restrictions, reservations, requirements, obligations
informal catches

on a string

Under one’s control or influence: I keep all three men on a string and never make a choice
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string along

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go along, go too, come too, join in;
accompany, join, join up with, take up with

string someone along

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mislead, deceive, take in, take advantage of, dupe, hoax, fool, make a fool of, bluff;
make use of, play with, toy with, dally with, trifle with, play fast and loose with
informal lead up the garden path, take for a ride, put one over on, kid

string out

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string something out

Prolong something: he had strung out the conversation
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protract, spin out, draw out, drag out, lengthen, stretch, stretch out

be strung out

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North American 5.1 Be under the influence of alcohol or drugs: he died, strung out on booze
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string someone/thing up

1Hang something up on strings: electric globes had been strung up at intervals
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1.1Kill someone by hanging: I’d like to string up whoever is responsible for this outrage
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hang, lynch, gibbet
informal make swing
2 (be strung up) British informal Be tense or nervous: he was strung up about something and behaving oddly
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  • Many of us - I know - I remember well - were strung up with tension at the point of giving our maiden speeches.
  • Speaking of music, she says music is what relaxes her when she is all strung up.
tense, nervous, on edge, edgy, overwrought, jumpy, keyed up, worked up, agitated, restive;
anxious, worried, apprehensive, ill at ease, uneasy, unquiet;
British  nervy
informal uptight, wound up, twitchy, jittery, wired, a bundle of nerves, like a cat on a hot tin roof
British informal stressy



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  • They are the largest varieties with stringless flesh.


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