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77 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• string n. (Countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
• string n. (Uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
• string n. (Countable) A thread.
• string n. (Countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
• string n. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession;…
• string n. (Countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
• string n. (Countable) A series of items or events.
• string n. (Countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps…
• string n. (Countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
• string n. (Collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
• string n. (Countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable…
• string n. (Music, metonymically, countable) A stringed instrument.
• string n. (Music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those…
• string n. (Figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
• string n. (Countable, physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
• string n. (Slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
• string n. (Billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who…
• string n. (Historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
• string n. (Billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
• string n. (Billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of…
• string n. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
• string n. (Archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
• string n. (Archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
• string n. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
• string n. (Botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
• string n. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
• string n. (Architecture) A stringcourse.
• string n. (Dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
• string n. Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
• string n. (Oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via…
• string v. (Transitive) To put (items) on a string.
• string v. (Transitive) To put strings on (something).
• string v. (Intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are…
• string v. (Intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine…
• string v. (Birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Swedish
  • string n. G-string, thong.
• Tok pisin
  • string n. String; cord.

— English words, defined in German —

• string S. Saite.
• string S. Bindfaden, Schnur, Schnürchen.
• string S. Kordel.
• string S. Litze.
• string S. Zeichenkette.
• string S. Bogensehne.
• string S. Kette.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• string n. Touw.
• string n. Snaar.
• string n. Snoer.
• string w. Rijgen.
• string w. Snaren aanbrengen.

— English words, defined in French —

• string n. Ficelle.
• string n. Corde.
• string n. Suite, série.
• string n. Chaîne de caractères.
• string v. Enfiler.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• string s. Cuerda, cordel, mecate (México).
• string s. Hilo.
• string s. Cinta.
• string s. Serie de cosas o eventos.
• string s. Cadena.
• string v. Decorar con hilos, o cintas.
• string v. Hacer un collar con cuentas u otros objetos sobre un hilo o cadena.
• string v. Formar una serie de cosas o eventos.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• string s. Barbante, corda.
• string s. Série, sequência.
• string s. (Informática) cadeia de caracteres.
• string v. Encadear.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• string s. Corda.

— In German —

• String S. Kleidung: sehr knappe Slip-/ Höschenform; Stringtanga.
• String S. Informatik: eine Folge von Zeichen (aus einen Zeichensatz); Zeichenkette.
• String S. Physik: fundamentales Objekt in der Stringtheorie, welches…

— In Dutch —

• string n. (Informatica) reeks tekens (tevens in sommige programmeertalen…
• string n. (Natuurkunde) basaal "deeltje" in de stringtheorie.
• string n. (Kleding) tanga die van achter slechts uit een koordje (’string’)…
• string n. Streng ??

— In French —

• string n.m. (Faux anglicisme) (Habillement) Sous-vêtement principalement…
• string n.f. (Anglicisme) (Programmation) Chaine de caractères.
• string. adv. (Musique) Stringendo, en pressant.

234 English words from 37 English definitions

achieve after against a␣little and animal a␣number␣of Any Archaic Architecture are arranged as␣of at␣one at␣play back ball behind being billiards bird Birdwatching body bolted book Botany branch buttons by␣extension Cannabis capable ceiling certain characters close cohesive Collective collectively column competitions conditions consecutively considered contract cord corresponding countable covers cue cue␣ball Dated deliberately determine determined drill drilling drilling␣fluid drill␣pipe drive drove end end␣of especially etc events extension fake fibre fibrous Figurative filamentous flexible fluid form from game games group G␣string held held␣together Historical hoax horses industry in␣order in␣order␣to inside instrument instruments into Intransitive items kept knowingly leather leguminous likely limitations line little long made main managed marijuana members memory metallic metonymically Mining mislead most mud Music must nerve not number object objects of␣a of␣an Oil on␣a␣string one on␣the on␣the␣outside orchestra order ordered orderly out out␣of outside over owner Part parts people Perhaps pericarp physics pimp pipe planks plant plants play played plural points pool present programming prostitutes pumps put racehorses ramification range regarded root rounds score section sequence series sheer Shipbuilding similar slang small something sports squad stable state stored story strake stretched string stringcourse stringed stringed␣instrument stringed␣instruments strings string␣theory strip structure strung study substance success succession Such Synonym table taking team tendon testing text that the theoretical theoretical␣physics theory thin thong those thread threads together torque to␣the tough Transitive transmits turns twisted Uncountable unites usually valves various vein via when where which who wire

26 English words from 40 foreign definitions

Cadena Chaine collar con cordel Cuerda der die een Faux Ficelle Hilo mecate Musique reeks Saite serie Slip Sous Streng string Stringendo Suite tanga van welches

1 foreign word from 37 English definitions

made␣in

79 foreign words from 40 foreign definitions

aanbrengen achter anglicisme aus Barbante basaal Bindfaden cadeia cadeia␣de␣caracteres cadena caractères Chaîne Chaîne␣de␣caractères Cinta cintas corda Corde cosas cuentas Decorar deeltje eine einen Encadear Enfiler eventos Faux␣anglicisme Folge Formar fundamentales Habillement Hacer hilo hilos Informática Informatik Kette Kleding Kleidung knappe koordje Kordel Litze México Natuurkunde Objekt objetos otros Physik pressant principalement Programmation programmeertalen Rijgen Schnur Schnürchen sehr sequência série slechts Snaar Snaren Snoer sobre sommige Sous-vêtement Stringtanga Stringtheorie tekens tevens Touw uit una van␣achter vêtement von Zeichen Zeichenkette Zeichensatz

156 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

strings stringy stringed stringer Stringer stringin' string␣on string␣up stringbed string␣bet stringent stringers Stringers stringful Stringham stringier stringify stringily stringing stringize string-net string␣out string␣pea strings␣up stringable stringback string␣band string␣bass string␣bean stringbeds string␣bets stringbush stringency stringendi stringendo stringfuls stringhalt Stringhams stringiest stringings stringized stringizes stringkini stringless stringlike stringline string-nets string␣peas stringsful string␣show +106 words

189 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

astringe C-strings G-strings G␣strings abstringe astringed astringer astringes destrings lustrings restringe restrings unstrings abstringed abstringes astringent astringers astringeth astringing austringer bitstrings bit␣strings bowstrings capstrings constringe destringed distringas docstrings eggstrings eyestrings eye-strings geestrings gob-strings gutstrings hamstrings hatstrings keystrings obstringed ostringers perstringe restringed restringes substrings unstringed abstringing adstringent astringence astringency astringents austringers +139 words

97 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

C-string G-string G␣string destring lustring pestring restring unstring bitstring bit␣string bowstring capstring docstring eggstring eyestring eye-string geestring glistring gob-string gutstring hamstring hatstring keystring maistring on␣a␣string substring bandstring bootstring bytestring delustring dickstring drawstring hairstring harpstring lifestring linestring lutestring metastring ministring nanostring pullstring registring shoestring slipstring wordstring apron-string apron␣string checkstring Dirac␣string dislustring +47 words

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ing -ing -ïng rin ring Ring str STR str. tri Tri TRI tri- Tring

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

GNI Irt IRT NIR N.␣Ir. rts RTs RTS

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Grints RTSing

35 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bring'st C-string Garstin Gartins gastrin Ginters Girtens Girtons gratins G-string G␣string ingirts ratings resting ringest rusting sorting staring Staring stinger Stinger storing strings stringy tarings thrings Tigners Tignors tingers tirings trigons tringas truings tryings Tsering

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

girns girts gnits grins Grint grist grits Grits GTINs NRTIs rings RTing snirt sting STing s***ting strig tings Tings trigs Tring

15 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

siring soring spring Spring strang Strang Streng Strine strong Strong strung s**tting stying syring Syring

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

sting STing s***ting strig Tring

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

staring Staring storing

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