ADJ

taut, tight
He pulled the string tight
loose
tangled
He had hair like tangled yellow string

QUANT

bit, length, piece
I cut a length of string to tie up the package
ball

VERB + STRING

knot, tie, tie sth up with
Tie the string round the parcel
undo, untie
wind (up)
He wound the string into a ball
unwind
dangle (sth) on
Next to the phone, there was a pencil dangling on a string

PREP

in the ~
There's a knot in the string

PHRASES

on the end of a string

ADJ

tight
slack
open
stopped
guitar, violin, etc.
A, G, etc.

VERB + STRING

tighten, tune
loosen
pluck
change, replace
break

STRING + VERB

break
vibrate

STRING + NOUN

instrument

PREP

on a/the ~
Play it on the G string