String

String is a flexible piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects.

Examples of string use include:

Bow string, for propelling an arrow
Drawstring
Kite
Pullstring
String art
String bag
String bondage
String figure, design formed by weaving string around one's fingers
Stampede string, a long string usually made from leather or horsehair and typically run half-way around the crown of a cowboy hat

String or strings may also refer to:

Famous quotes containing the word string:

“... looped with the creep of varying light,
Monkey-brown, fish-grey, a string of infected circles
Loitering like bullies, about to coagulate....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

“The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.”
—Jeffrey Tate (b. 1943)