| connect | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ ground | connect to a ground.; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ daisy-chain | connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer. |
| ~ tie | unite musical notes by a tie. |
| ~ interconnect, interlink | cause to be interconnected or interwoven. |
| ~ tee | connect with a tee.; "tee two pipes" |
| ~ put through | connect by telephone.; "the operator put a call through to Rio" |
| ~ hitch | connect to a vehicle:.; "hitch the trailer to the car" |
| ~ hang together, interdepend | be connected.; "In my heart I can make the world hang together" |
| ~ bridge, bridge over | connect or reduce the distance between. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | make a logical or causal connection.; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" |
| ~ remember | exercise, or have the power of, memory.; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ correlate | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" |
| ~ identify | conceive of as united or associated.; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" |
| ~ free-associate | associate freely.; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| v. (stative) | 3. connect, join, link, link up, unite | be or become joined or united or linked.; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" |
| ~ syndicate | join together into a syndicate.; "The banks syndicated" |
| ~ articulate | unite by forming a joint or joints.; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" |
| ~ complect, interconnect, interlink | be interwoven or interconnected.; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle" |
| v. (communication) | 4. connect | join by means of communication equipment.; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" |
| ~ connect | join for the purpose of communication.; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (contact) | 5. connect | land on or hit solidly.; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| v. (communication) | 6. connect | join for the purpose of communication.; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" |
| ~ connect | join by means of communication equipment.; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (stative) | 7. connect | be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation.; "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 8. connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" |
| ~ get in touch, touch base, connect | establish communication with someone.; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" |
| ~ relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| v. (social) | 9. connect, get in touch, touch base | establish communication with someone.; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" |
| v. (contact) | 10. connect, plug in, plug into | plug into an outlet.; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ infix, insert, introduce, enter | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| v. (contact) | 11. connect | hit or play a ball successfully.; "The batter connected for a home run" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| string | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. string, twine | a lightweight cord. |
| ~ chalk line, snap line, snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ packthread | a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bowed stringed instrument, string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow.; "the strings played superlatively well" |
| ~ bass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass, bass viol | largest and lowest member of the violin family. |
| ~ cello, violoncello | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing. |
| ~ fingerboard | a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers. |
| ~ stringed instrument | a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound. |
| ~ viol | any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family. |
| ~ viola | a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower. |
| ~ fiddle, violin | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. string | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ snare | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit. |
| ~ stringed instrument | a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| n. (group) | 4. string, train | 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" |
| ~ series | similar things placed in order or happening one after another.; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" |
| n. (communication) | 5. string | a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases). |
| ~ language unit, linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed. |
| ~ file name extension, filename extension, extension | a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename.; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS" |
| ~ linguistic string, string of words, word string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written. |
| ~ substring | a string that is part of a longer string. |
| ~ sequence | serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern.; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. drawing string, drawstring, string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" |
| ~ drawstring bag | a bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring. |
| ~ purse string | a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse. |
| ~ tie | a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied.; "he needed a tie for the packages" |
| n. (substance) | 7. string | a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod). |
| ~ fiber, fibre | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. |
| n. (object) | 8. cosmic string, string | (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop. |
| ~ cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe. |
| ~ elementary particle, fundamental particle | (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand. |
| ~ beads, string of beads | several beads threaded together on a string. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. chain, strand, string | a necklace made by a stringing objects together.; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls" |
| ~ necklace | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women). |
| v. (contact) | 11. draw, string, thread | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| ~ bead | string together like beads. |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ wire | string on a wire.; "wire beads" |
| v. (change) | 12. string, string up | add as if on a string.; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (motion) | 13. string, string along | move or come along. |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| v. (contact) | 14. string | stretch out or arrange like a string. |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (contact) | 15. string | string together; tie or fasten with a string.; "string the package" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| v. (contact) | 16. string | remove the stringy parts of.; "string beans" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| v. (contact) | 17. string | provide with strings.; "string my guitar" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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