Noun
1. a lightweight cord
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow;
"the strings played superlatively well"3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;
"a string of islands""train of mourners""a train of thought"5. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;
"he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"7. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
8. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
"a string of beads""a strand of pearls";