Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

String \String\, n.
   1.
      (a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes,
          as in American billiard games, marked by buttons
          threaded on a string or wire.
      (b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number
          of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

   2. (Billiards & Pool)
      (a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must
          be played after being out of play as by being pocketed
          or knocked off the table; -- called also {string
          line}.
      (b) Act of stringing for break.

   3. A hoax; a trumped-up or ``fake'' story. [Slang]

String \String\, v. t.
   To hoax; josh; jolly. [Slang]

String \String\, v. i.
   To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is
   stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

String \String\ (str[i^]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng;
   akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str["a]ng,
   Dan. str[ae]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see
   {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin
   to E. strangle.]
   1. A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of
      leather, or other substance, used for binding together,
      fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread
      and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet
      string; a silken string. --Shak.

            Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
                                                  --Prior.

   2. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are
      strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence,
      a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if
      so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a
      string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a
      string of houses; a string of arguments. ``A string of
      islands.'' --Gibbon.

   3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are
      held together. --Milton.

   4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or
      violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an
      orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as,
      the strings took up the theme. ``An instrument of ten
      strings.'' --Ps. xxx. iii. 2.

            Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or
            viol still.                           --Milton.

   5. The line or cord of a bow. --Ps. xi. 2.

            He twangs the grieving string.        --Pope.

   6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

            Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the
            water, from the bottom.               --Bacon.

   7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

            The string of his tongue was loosed.  --Mark vii.
                                                  35.

   8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks,
      corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and
      bolted to it.

   9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves
      of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily
      pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

   10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic
       vein. --Ure.

   11. (Arch.) Same as {Stringcourse}.

   12. (Billiards) The points made in a game.

   {String band} (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or
      chiefly, stringed instruments.

   {String beans}.
       (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds
           of beans; -- so called because the strings are
           stripped off.
       (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for
           cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low
           bush bean.

   {To have two strings to one's bow}, to have a means or
      expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.

String \String\ (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[u^]ng);
   p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stringing}.]
   1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

            Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With
            firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay.

   2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
      in order to play upon it.

            For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That
            not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison.

   3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

   4. To make tense; to strengthen.

            Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
                                                  --Dryden.

   5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
      string beans. See {String}, n., 9.

Source : WordNet®

string
     n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: {twine}]
     2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the
        strings played superlatively well" [syn: {bowed stringed
        instrument}]
     3: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound
        when plucked, struck, or bowed
     4: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in
        which each successive member is related to the preceding;
        "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of
        thought" [syn: {train}]
     5: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or
        phrases)
     6: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around
        an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
        [syn: {drawstring}, {drawing string}]
     7: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
     8: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
        of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: {chain}, {strand}]
     [also: {strung}]

string
     v 1: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string";
          "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried
          cranberries" [syn: {thread}, {draw}]
     2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together";
        "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: {string
        up}]
     3: move or come along [syn: {string along}]
     4: stretch out or arrange like a string
     5: string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the
        package"
     6: remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
     7: provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: {unstring}]
     [also: {strung}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

string
     
         A sequence of {data} values, usually {bytes},
        which usually stand for {characters} (a "character string").
        The {mapping} between values and characters is determined by
        the {character set} which is itself specified implcitly or
        explicitly by the environment in which the string is being
        interpreted.
     
        The most common character set is {ASCII} but, since the late
        1990s, there has been increased interest in larger character
        sets such as {Unicode} where each character is represented by
        more than eight {bits}.
     
        Most programming languages consider strings (e.g.
        "124:shabooya:\n", "hello world") basically distinct from
        numbers which are typically stored in fixed-length {binary} or
        {floating-point} representation.
     
        A {bit string} is a sequence of {bit}s.
     
        (1999-12-21)