A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. • Control; influence. • The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively. • A controlling inner sense, emotion, memory, etc. • Control over the basketball in a game; the state of being in sync as a team, as if connected by a string. • Any similar long, thin and flexible material. • A length of nylon or other material comprising the webbing on the head of a racquet or the mesh pocket of a lacrosse stick. • The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants. • A bowstring. • The sound of a bowstring releasing, which often causes a target animal to jump. • A segment of wire, made of plastic, metal or other material, used as the sound-producing vibrating element on a chordophone. • A stringed instrument. • The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments. • 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. • A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root. • A nerve or tendon of an animal body. • 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. • The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept in a game of billiards. • The points made in a game of billiards. • A series of items or events; items arranged in a line; a trend; a sequence of words, letters, sounds, etc. • A series of gunshots comprising a sequence in a practical shooting event. • An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity. • A string citation. • Senses relating to string-like items • A cohesive substance taking the form of a string. • A stretchy or gooey length of melted cheese; the stringiness quality of producing such strings of cheese. • A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog. • 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. • A part of the game of billiards, in which the order of play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail. • A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. • A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. • Senses related to a number of items acting within a specific context • Any grouping of companies, institutions, etc. • In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. • A complete game of ten frames. • The series of three balls and two strikes which comprise an almost full opportunity for a batter, meaning that the next pitch will be decisive. • The members of a sports team or squad in terms of whether they are likely to play first or as backups, etc. • A group of horses kept for working purposes by one owner; a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable. • Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”). • A group of animals of any kind, generally moving in a line (as in camels), spread out laterally or a sequential series (as in ducks or geese taking flight). • Senses related to planks or strips. • A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. • A board supporting steps. • An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. • A stringcourse. • Cannabis or marijuana. • A hoax; a fake story. • A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.