string

n

1. cord, line, cable, rope, yarn, twine; thread, lace, catgut; braid, twist, ligament, strand, tendon; fiber, filament, tendril; chord, wire, gut, bowstring, piano wire; ribbon, strap, strip, thong.

2. necklace, riviere, band, strand, beads; gorget, car-canet, chaplet.

3. series, chain, range, concatenation, catenation, cantena; row, file, tier, column, queue, line, single file, Indian file; procession, train, stream, parade, cavalcade, motorcade, cortege, caravan, coffle.

4. strings

Informal. limitations, conditions, qualifications, contingencies, stipulations; prerequisites, requirements, musts; terms, Inf. catches, Sl. hookers, fine print; provisions, provisos, articles, conventions, clauses.

v

5. tie, bind, lash, leash, moor; fasten, secure, batten, pinion; tether, grapple, truss, strap, hitch, clinch.

6. link, concatenate, chain, string together, run together; connect, join, catenate; loop, hook, ring.

7. arrange, align, range, row, line, line up; file, rank, array, dispose, order; pose, marshal, set in line, deploy, enfilade.

8. suspend, sling, hang, drape, decorate, trim; adorn, ornament, festoon, garnish, array, deck, bedeck, embellish.

9. string along

take in, deceive, bluff, fool, dupe, cozen; put [s.t.] over on, slip one over on, Sl. horn-swoggle, trick, bamboozle; gull, pigeon, Sl. snow, Sl. buffalo, humbug, play [s.o.] false.

10. string out

stretch, extend, elongate, outstretch, outreach, reach out; prolong, lengthen, protract, draw out, continue; stretch out, spin out, run out, let out.

11. string up

hang, noose, gibbet, neck, lynch; Inf. stretch, Inf. scrag, Sl. let [s.o.] dangle, Sl. make [s.o.] swing.