See string in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A group of people or things arranged in a row:
column, file, line, queue, rank1, row1, tier. See groupA number of things placed or occurring one after the other:
chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, succession, suite, train. (Informal) streak. See order- (Informal)
A restricting or modifying element.
Often used in plural: condition, provision, proviso, qualification, reservation, specification, stipulation, term (often used in plural). See limited
verb
To put (objects) onto a fine continuous filament:
thread. See order
phrasal verb string up- (Informal)
To execute by suspending by the neck:
gibbet, hang. (Slang) swing. See help
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