Phrase Hound found 80 phrases and 42 compound words that contain strings. The most common are listed below. Open strings in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 80
- strings attachedplural of string attached: A condition, catch, limitation, caveat, restriction, or requirement
- no strings attachedWithout conditions or obligations; without a catch.
- G-stringsplural of G-string: A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks.
- pull stringsTo manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
- leading-stringsplural of leading-string: Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk.
- connection stringsplural of connection string: A text string that specifies information about a database or other data source and the means of connecting to it.
- guitar stringsplural of guitar string: The string of a guitar.
- heart stringsAlternative form of heartstrings: The tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other large arteries connected to them; also, the …
- six-stringsplural of six-string: guitar
- strings of beadsplural of string of beads: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see string, bead.
- pulling stringspresent participle and gerund of pull strings
- purse stringsplural of purse string: A cord or string, the middle of which is enclosed in the hem of the opening of a soft purse or sack, that, when pulled, closes the purse.
- cosmic stringsplural of cosmic string: A cosmically-scaled string of mass-energy left over from the big bang as a topological defect in spacetime.
- Pascal stringsplural of Pascal string: A string whose length is stored as a separate value.
- sympathetic stringsplural of sympathetic string: Any of a set of auxiliary strings found on certain musical instruments, generally not played directly by the performer but used to provide resonance in response to the main strings.
- apron stringsplural of apron string: One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.
- navel stringsplural of navel string: The umbilical cord.
- hold the purse stringsTo be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility.
- tighten the purse stringsTo decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.
- loosen the purse stringsTo increase spending or allow increased spending; to relax control of spending.
- bit stringsplural of bit string: An array structure which store bit (0,1) values.
- C-stringsplural of C-string: A woman's scanty undergarment resembling a G-string but having a curved (C-shaped) wire that runs between the buttocks.
- completion stringsplural of completion string: A column of drill pipe that prepares the well for the transmission of production fluids.
- empty stringsplural of empty string: A string with a length of zero.
- format stringsplural of format string: A string of text characters serving as a template for other strings, such as dd/MM/yyyy for a date.
Compound words 42
- heartstringsThe tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other large arteries connected to them; also, the diaphragm.
- substringsplural of substring: A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string.
- hamstringsplural of hamstring: One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
- superstringsplural of superstring: a hypothetical object consisting of a very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten (or more) dimensions
- docstringsplural of docstring: A string literal specified in source code that is used, like a comment, to document a specific segment of code, but remains available at run-time.
- drawstringsplural of drawstring: A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
- shoestringsplural of shoestring: The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
- ministringsplural of ministring: A small string.
- pursestringsplural of pursestring: A cord or string, the middle of which is enclosed in the hem of the opening of a soft purse or sack, that, when pulled, closes the purse.
- bitstringsplural of bitstring: a sequence of bits (binary digits)