Stringy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stringy \String"y\, a.
     1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous;
        filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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     2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous


        substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
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     {Stringy bark} (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several
        trees of the genus {Eucalyptus} (as {Eucalyptus
        amygdalina}, {Eucalyptus obliqua}, {Eucalyptus
        capitellata}, {Eucalyptus macrorhyncha}, {Eucalyptus
        piperita}, {Eucalyptus pilularis}, & {Eucalyptus
        tetradonta}), which have a fibrous bark used by the
        aborigines for making cordage and cloth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stringy
       adj 1: lean and sinewy [syn: {wiry}]
       2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
          [syn: {fibrous}, {sinewy}, {unchewable}]
       3: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: {ropy}, {ropey},
          {thready}]
       [also: {stringiest}, {stringier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wiry