a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
RAG
censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
a small piece of cloth or paper
newspaper with half-size pages
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
STRING
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
provide with strings; "string my guitar"
thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he