string

• cord; something resembling a cord or thread; fiber of a plant; group of objects linked together; series of connected events; chain of characters which are processed as one unit (computers)
furnish with strings; tie with a string; hang or suspend; stretch from one point to another; thread onto a string (i.e. beads); arrange in a series; stretch, extend
string is thin rope made of twisted threads.
a string of things is a number of them on the same piece of thread or wire.
you can refer to a row or series of similar things as a string.
the strings on a musical instrument are the tightly-stretched lengths of wire or nylon which vibrate to produce notes.
the section of an orchestra which consists of stringed instruments is called the strings.
if you string something somewhere, you hang or tie a long line of it high up in the air, especially between two or more objects.
if someone pulls the strings in a situation, they use their authority or power in order influence events, although they do not openly admit it.
if something is offered to you with strings attached, it is offered to you with special conditions.
if things are strung out somewhere, they are spread out in a long line.
if you string things together, you make them into one thing by adding them to each other, one at a time.
to string someone up means to kill them by hanging them; an informal expression.
if you string something up somewhere, you hang or tie a long line of it high up in the air, especially between two or more objects.