material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length
a garment consisting of a narrow strip of cloth attached to a waistband that covers only the genital area, worn as underwear or by striptease performers
any of various beans eaten in their fibrous pods, especially runner beans or French beans
a vest made of a meshed fabric, typically worn by men as underwear
a structure consisting of coupled lengths of pipe or casing, which occupies the hole made in drilling for oil or gas
the best players on a team, the ones that normally play the most
an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails
stay with or accompany a person or group casually or as long as it is convenient
a person who is in control of events or other people’s actions
a cosmological theory based on the existence of cosmic strings
a string in a piano or other instrument tuned to the same pitch (or to a pitch an octave higher) as another string and meant to be sounded with it
a chamber music ensemble consisting of first and second violins, viola, and cello
a linear sequence of characters stored in or processed by a computer
an orchestra consisting only of string instruments of the violin family
each of a group of additional wire strings fitted to certain stringed instruments to give extra resonance
mislead someone deliberately over a length of time, especially about one’s intentions
fit new or different strings to (a musical instrument or sports racket)
have a further resource that one can make use of
add items to one another to form a series or coherent whole
the string of an archer’s bow, traditionally made of three strands of hemp
a garment consisting of a narrow strip of cloth attached to a waistband that covers only the genital area, worn as underwear or by striptease performers
used to indicate that something cannot be given a finite measurement
a string in the seam of the material of a garment or a bag, which can be pulled to tighten or close it
a musical instrument, or part of one, sounding a continuous note of low pitch, in particular (also drone pipe) a pipe in a bagpipe or (also drone string) a string in an instrument such as a hurdy-gurdy or a sitar
an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails
a hypothetical thread-like concentration of energy within the structure of space-time
a musical instrument, or part of one, sounding a continuous note of low pitch, in particular (also drone pipe) a pipe in a bagpipe or (also drone string) a string in an instrument such as a hurdy-gurdy or a sitar