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stringy
CIDE DICTIONARY
stringy, a.
- Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. [1913 Webster]
- Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stringy, adj. (stringier, stringiest)
1 (of food etc.) fibrous, tough.
2 of or like string.
3 (of a person) tall, wiry, and thin.
4 (of a liquid) viscous; forming strings.
1 (of food etc.) fibrous, tough.
2 of or like string.
3 (of a person) tall, wiry, and thin.
4 (of a liquid) viscous; forming strings.
Idiom
stringy-bark Austral. any of various eucalyptus trees with tough fibrous bark.
Derivative
stringily adv. stringiness n.
THESAURUS
stringy
adhesive, amylaceous, besprinkle, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive, coriaceous, curdled, doughy, durable, dust, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, gossamery, gristly, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, mucilaginous, pasty, powder, resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, strong, stubborn, syrupy, tacky, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thick, thickened, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, tremelloid, tremellose, untiring, vigorous, viscid, viscose, viscous, wiryROGET THESAURUS
stringy
Filament
N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.Tenacity
N tenacity, toughness, strength, (cohesion), grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion), sequacity, stubbornness (obstinacy), glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity), leather, white leather, whitleather, gristle, cartilage, unbreakability, tensile strength, tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather, stubborn, unbreakable, indivisible, atomic.For further exploring for "stringy" in Webster Dictionary Online