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  • 21stringy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fibrous] Syn. wiry, ropy, threadlike; see fibrous . 2. [Viscous] Syn. pasty, gluey, gummy; see sticky . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fibrous, ropy, long, thin, sinewy, wiry …

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  • 22stringy — string·y || strɪŋɪ adj. consisting of strings; resembling strings; thin and sinewy; forming into thread like parts, ropy (of liquid) …

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  • 23stringy — adjective (stringier, stringiest) 1》 resembling string in being long and thin.     ↘tall, wiry, and thin. 2》 (of food) tough and fibrous. 3》 (of a liquid) viscous; forming strings. Derivatives stringily adverb stringiness noun …

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  • 24stringy — a. 1. Fibrous, filamentous. 2. Ropy, viscid, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, smeary, dauby, gluey, tough, tenacious …

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  • 25stringy — adj 1. fibrous, sinewy, ropy, wiry, thready, threadlike; ligamental, filamentary, tough, leathery, gristly, Inf. chewy. 2. ropy, mucous, albuminous, Vulgar. snotty; gluey, pasty, tacky, gooey, Archaic. sizy; glutinous, mucilaginous, synovial,… …

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  • 26stringy — /ˈstrɪŋi / (say stringee) adjective (stringier, stringiest) 1. resembling a string; consisting of strings or string like pieces. 2. coarsely or toughly fibrous, as meat. 3. sinewy or wiry, as a person. 4. ropy, as a glutinous liquid. {string +… …

  • 27stringy —   Ka aka alina, a a a …

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  • 28stringy kelp — noun : a kelp (Alaria fistulosa) …

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  • 29stringy sap — noun : an inferior sap of the sugar maple milky in color, ropy in texture, and deficient in sugar …

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  • 30stringy-bark — stringˈy bark noun One of a class of Australian eucalypts with very fibrous bark • • • Main Entry: ↑string …

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