Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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string | Yes | No | Yes | No |
chain | Yes | No | Yes | No |
string (noun) | chain (noun) |
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a lightweight cord | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | a necklace made by stringing objects together |
a necklace made by stringing objects together | anything that acts as a restraint |
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket | a linked or connected series of objects |
a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together |
stringed instruments that are played with a bow | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.) | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding | a series of hills or mountains |
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop | a unit of length |
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) |
string (verb) | chain (verb) |
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add as if on a string | fasten or secure with chains |
provide with strings | connect or arrange into a chain by linking |
thread on or as if on a string | |
remove the stringy parts of | |
string together; tie or fasten with a string | |
stretch out or arrange like a string | |
move or come along |