stringy

  • 11stringy — adjective 1) stringy hair Syn: straggly, lank, thin 2) a stringy brunette Syn: lanky, gangling, gangly, rangy, wiry, bony, skinny, scrawny, thin, spa …

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  • 12stringy — string•y [[t]ˈstrɪŋ i[/t]] adj. string•i•er, string•i•est 1) resembling or consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds[/ex] 2) toughly fibrous: stringy meat[/ex] 3) lean and sinewy; wiry: a stringy build[/ex] 4) ropy, as a glutinous …

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  • 13stringy — adjective (stringier; est) Date: 1662 1. a. containing, consisting of, or resembling fibrous matter or string < stringy hair > b. lean and sinewy in build ; wiry 2. capable of being drawn out to form a string ; ropy …

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  • 14stringy — stringiness, n. /string ee/, adj., stringier, stringiest. 1. resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds; a stringy fiber. 2. coarsely or toughly fibrous, as meat. 3. sinewy or wiry, as a person. 4.&#8230; …

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  • 15stringy — adjective Being comprised of, or bearing a resemblance to that comprised of, string or strings. The meat was quite stringy …

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  • 16stringy — 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. Phrases and idioms: stringy bark Austral. any of various eucalyptus trees with&#8230; …

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  • 17Stringy bark — Stringy String y, a. 1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. [1913 Webster] {Stringy bark}&#8230; …

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  • 18stringy bark — stringy bark, 1. any one of a group of Australasian gum trees having a strong, fibrous bark. 2. the bark of such a tree …

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  • 19stringy — the uneven appearance of salted fish which has become case hardened (q.v.) …

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  • 20stringy — Synonyms and related words: adhesive, amylaceous, besprinkle, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive, coriaceous, curdled, doughy, durable, dust, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform …

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