Word Finder - string

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A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

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There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

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(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

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A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

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An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

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A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

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

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Such a structure considered as a substance.

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Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

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a bowstring

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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.

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a string of sausages

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A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

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The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

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A series of items or events.

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a string of successes

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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.

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In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

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A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

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An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

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A stringed instrument.

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(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.

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(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

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no strings attached

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The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

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Cannabis or marijuana.

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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.

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The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

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(by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

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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.

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A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

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A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

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A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

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An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

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The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

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the strings of beans

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A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

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A stringcourse.

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A hoax; a fake story.

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To put (items) on a string.

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You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

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To put strings on (something).

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It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

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To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

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To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

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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.

Someone tried to string him up.

The violin string is first drawn on one side.

She nodded and began at once to fill the string with wooden beads.

A piece of string she found in the kitchen would suffice.

Essentially, a nephridium is a tube, generally very long and much folded upon itself, composed of a string of cells placed end to end in which the continuous lumen is excavated.

In artistic representations, Brahma usually appears as a bearded man of red colour with four heads crowned with a pointed, tiara-like head-dress, and four hands holding his sceptre, or a sacrificial spoon, a bundle of leaves representing the Veda, a bottle of water of the Ganges, and a string of beads or his bow Parivita.

In this experiment a great noise was produced, corresponding to a loss of energy, and Joule endeavoured to determine the amount of energy necessary to produce an equal amount of sound from the string of a violoncello and to apply a corresponding correction.

As if sensing Death was in the room, the string of lights fell away from the wall on one side.

The string of drilling tools consists of two Drilling parts separated by an appliance known as the jars.

The trouser string of this dress is not the usual kamarband, but is made of untwisted cotton thread called kalawa.

These latter lines measure the tensions in the successive portions of string.

The tensions in the successive portions of the string are therefore proportional to the respective lengths, and thelinesBH,CK.., are all equal.

They are fastened round the waist with a scarf or string called kamarband (waistband) or izarband, and are usually of white cotton.

A number of particles attached at various points of a string are acted on by given extraneous forces Pi, P, P3.

The relation between the three forces acting on any particle, viz, the extraneous force and the tensions in the two adjacent portions of the string can be exhibited by means of a triangle of forces; and if the successive triangles be drawn to the same scale they can be fitted together so as to constitute a single force-diagram, as shown in fig.

In the case of the pendulum the tension of the string takes the place of the pressure of the curve.

It is evident that a system of jointed bars having the shape of the funicular polygon would be in equilibrium under the action of the given forces, supposed applied to the joints; moreover any bar in which the stress is of the nature of a tension (as distinguished from a thrust) might be replaced by a string.

Again, if two bodies are connectedbya string or rod, and if the hypothetical displacements be adjusted so that the distance between the points of attachment is unaltered, the corresponding stress may be ignored.

Suppose, for example, that we have a light string stretched over a smooth curve; and let Rs denote the normal pressure (outwards from the centre of curvature) on bs.

If the string be uniform, w is constant, and T=wy +const.= w(yyi), (4)

If E be the point in which the line of the string meets AB, we have pjCP, pz=EP. Many contrivances for actually drawing the resulting curves have been devised.

The following table gives the period, for various amplitudes a, in terms of that of oscillation in an infinitely small arc about a vertical axis half-way between the points of attachment of the upper string.

The oscillation of M then resembles that of a particle at a distance a from one end of a string of length a+b fixed at the ends and subject to a tension mg.

For example, in a one-dimensional system such as a string or a bar, we have one dependent variable, and two independent variables x and t.

The corners of the handkerchief were tied to the extremities of the cross, and when the body of the kite was thus formed, a tail, loop and string were added to it.

To keep the silk ribbon dry, he stood within a door, taking care that the twine did not touch the frame of the door; and when the thunder-clouds came over the kite he watched the state of the string.

The suspended key gave a spark on the application of his knuckle, and when the string had become wet with the rain the electricity became abundant.

In fact, its course lies through a string of depressions formerly filled with wide lakes, all linked together.

Primitive religions are like so many similar beads on a string; and the concern of the student of comparative religion is at this stage mainly with the nature of the string, to wit, the common conditions of soul and society that make, say, totemism, or taboo, very much the same thing all the savage world over, when we seek to penetrate to its essence.

With boots are worn shaiwars, or baggy riding breeches, very loose, and tied by a string at the ankle; a sort of kilt is worn by couriers.

Borodin also wrote a second symphony (1871-1877), part of a third (orchestrated after his death by Glazounov), and a few string quartets and some fine songs.

Nos fils (1869), the last of the string of smaller books published during the author's life, is a tractate on education, written with ample knowledge of the facts and with all Michelet's usual sweep and range of view, if with visibly declining powers of expression.

As Mommsen remarks, the clauses of the sentences are often arranged on the thread of the relative pronoun like thrushes on a string.

The district of Bijapur, formerly called Kaladgi, occupies a barren plain, sloping eastward from a string of feudatory Mahratta states to the nizam's dominions.

In this case the air in rapid motion strikes the under surface of the kite and forces it up. The string and the hand are to the kite what the weight of the flying creature is to the inclined planes formed by its wings.

Wind up the string by turning the flyers different ways, so that the spring of the bow may unwind them with their anterior edges ascending; then place the cork with the bow attached to it upon a table, and with a finger on the upper cork press strong enough to prevent the string from unwinding, and, taking it away suddenly, the instrument will rise to the ceiling."

Each chief valley has a railway connecting a string of mining villages, and converging seaward to the busy ports of Newport, Cardiff and Barry (a town created on a sandy island by the excavation of a great dock to form an outlet for the mines).

Along the coast a string of summer bathing resorts is springing up similar to those that dot the south-east coast of the Crimea.

In the former the bow with vegetable string is the chief weapon, and clothing is woven from palm fibre; in the east spears are found, and in the Welle district swords and throwing-knives also; clothing made from skins also makes its appearance, and more attention is paid to the shades of departed ancestors.

It was constructed in the still usual rude style of Arabic masonry, with string courses of timber between the stones (like Solomon's Temple).

He had also to swear an obedience to a long string of constitutional limitations of his power, and to promise to remove many practical grievances of administration.

The Sentences had resolved theology into a string of headings; with scholasticism each topic dissolves into a string of arguments for and against.

Hence in part arose the maritime character of its inhabitants; and when they had once taken to the sea, the string of neighbouring islands, Ceos, Cythnos and others, some of which lay within sight of their coasts, and from one to another of which it was possible to sail without losing sight of land, served to tempt them on to further enterprises.

In 1830 he entered the lists as a party writer, defending in a series of letters to the National, a Parisian journal, the United States against a string of charges brought against them by the Revue Britannique; and for the rest of his life he continued skirmishing in print, sometimes for the national interest, sometimes for that of the individual, and not infrequently for both at once.

On the other hand a string of islands extends along this coast, which offer many safe and easily accessible places of anchorage to ships during the fierce winter gales which rage in the Adriatic. The principal are Pago, Pasman, Isola Lunga and Isola Incoronata, Brazza, Lesina, Curzola and Meleda.

Yet again we must remember that the leading questions of a European inquirer may furnish a savage with a thread on which to string answers which the questions themselves have suggested.

The other custom is the use of the turndun, as the Australians call a little fish-shaped piece of wood tied to a string, and waved so as to produce a loud booming and whirring noise and keep away the profane, especially women.

Major Hruschka's little son chanced to have in his hand a bit of unsealed comb-honey in a basket to which was attached a piece of string, and, as the boy playfully whirled the basket round in the air, his father noticed a few drops of honey, ?

Beyond its hotels, Glengarriff is only a small village, but the islandstudded harbour, the narrow glen at its head and the surrounding string of mountains, afford most attractive views, and its situation on the "Prince of Wales'" route travelled by King Edward VII.

How long have you had this hick on the string?