1) a kind of upright musical instrument with vertical strings played with the fingers; to talk repeatedly too much (about something) (harp)
2) a jointed puppet moved by strings (marionette)
3) a small figure of a person, animal etc with jointed limbs moved by wires or strings (puppet)
4) (a piece of length of) narrow cord, used for tying things, keeping things in place etc; musical instruments (in an orchestra) using strings (string)
the power or authority to direct, order or restrain
command, mastery
behaviour towards others
business relations
(a cause, feeling, of) doubt; an arrangement to keep something for a person to use, e.g. a seat in a train, a room in a hotel
condition, stipulation
the conditions of an agreement; (used with an 'adj' describing) the kind of language used
conditions, agreement
