string

noun

1. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
2. Control; influence.
3. The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
4. A controlling inner sense, emotion, memory, etc.
5. Control over the basketball in a game; the state of being in sync as a team, as if connected by a string.
6. Any similar long, thin and flexible material.
7. A length of nylon or other material comprising the webbing on the head of a racquet or the mesh pocket of a lacrosse stick.
8. The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
9. A bowstring.
10. The sound of a bowstring releasing, which often causes a target animal to jump.
11. A segment of wire, made of plastic, metal or other material, used as the sound-producing vibrating element on a chordophone.
12. A stringed instrument.
13. The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
14. A player's handicap in string game golf, providing an advantage in the form of the string, twine, rope, etc., used to measure that handicap.
15. A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
16. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
17. A thread or cord on which a number of objects are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; a line of things similarly strung together.
18. The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept in a game of billiards.
19. The points made in a game of billiards.
20. A series of items or events; items arranged in a line; a trend; a sequence of words, letters, sounds, etc.