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(Q11064354) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. +

(plural) Control; influence.

(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

(figurative) A controlling inner sense, emotion, memory, etc.

(figurative) Control over the basketball in a game; the state of being in sync as a team, as if connected by a string.

Any similar long, thin and flexible material.

(sports) A length of nylon or other material comprising the webbing on the head of a racquet or the mesh pocket of a lacrosse stick.

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

(archery) A bowstring.

# (usually used with ''jump'') The sound of a bowstring releasing, which often causes a target animal to jump.

(Q326426) (musical instrument) A segment of wire, made of plastic, metal or other material, used as the sound-producing vibrating element on a chordophone.

# (in the plural) A stringed instrument.

# (in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

(golf) A player's handicap in string game golf, providing an advantage in the form of the string, twine, rope, etc., used to measure that handicap.

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

A thread or cord on which a number of objects are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; a line of things similarly strung together.

(billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept in a game of billiards.

# (by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

(by extension) A series of items or events; items arranged in a line; a trend; a sequence of words, letters, sounds, etc.

# (shooting) A series of gunshots comprising a sequence in a practical shooting event.

# (programming) (programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

# (law) A string citation.

''Senses relating to string-like items''

A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

A stretchy or gooey length of melted cheese; the stringiness quality of producing such strings of cheese.

A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.

(pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table.

# (billiards) A part of the game of billiards, in which the order of play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

(physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

''Senses related to a number of items acting within a specific context''

(loosely) Any grouping of companies, institutions, etc.

In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

# (bowling) A complete game of ten frames.

# (used in phrases with ''out'') The series of three balls and two strikes which comprise an almost full opportunity for a batter, meaning that the next pitch will be decisive.

(sports) The members of a sports team or squad in terms of whether they are likely to play first or as backups, etc.

(equestrian) A group of horses kept for working purposes by one owner; a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

(slang) (group of prostitutes managed by one pimp).

(collective) A group of animals of any kind, generally moving in a line (as in camels), spread out laterally or a sequential series (as in ducks or geese taking flight).

''Senses related to planks or strips.''

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

(carpentry) A board supporting steps.

(shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

(masonry) A stringcourse.

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana. {{rfex|en}}

(slang) A hoax; a fake story.

(oil drilling) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.

To put (items) on a string.

To put strings on (something).

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

(billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.