string āļāļ·āļāļāļ°āđāļĢ string āļāļ·āļāļāļ°āđāļĢ A cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.Something configured as a long, thin line: limp strings of hair. A plant fiber. A set of objects threaded together: a string of beads. A series of similar or related acts, events, or items arranged or falling in or as if in a line. See Synonyms at series.Computer Science A set of consecutive characters.Informal A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.Informal A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management: a string of boutiques. Sports A group of players ranked according to ability within a team: He made the second string. Music A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.Music The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments.Music Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.Architecture A stringboard.Architecture A stringcourse.Games The balk line in billiards.Sports A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.Informal A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural: a gift with no strings attached. To fit or furnish with strings or a string: string a guitar. To thread on a string.To arrange in a string or series. Often used with out.To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings.To stretch out or extend: string a wire across a room. To strip (vegetables) of fibers.To form strings or become stringlike.To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession.