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:
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Famous quotes containing the word string:
“Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)
“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. 14661536)
“The Indian remarked as before, Must have hard wood to cook moose-meat, as if that were a maxim, and proceeded to get it. My companion cooked some in California fashion, winding a long string of the meat round a stick and slowly turning it in his hand before the fire. It was very good. But the Indian, not approving of the mode, or because he was not allowed to cook it his own way, would not taste it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)