Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fiddle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
string | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fiddle (noun) | string (noun) |
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bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow | a lightweight cord |
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | |
a necklace made by stringing objects together | |
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket | |
a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand | |
stringed instruments that are played with a bow | |
a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.) | |
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding | |
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop | |
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) |
fiddle (verb) | string (verb) |
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try to fix or mend | add as if on a string |
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | provide with strings |
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | thread on or as if on a string |
play the violin or fiddle | remove the stringy parts of |
play on a violin | string together; tie or fasten with a string |
commit fraud and steal from one's employer | stretch out or arrange like a string |
avoid (one's assigned duties) | move or come along |