Wiry

3 definitions found

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

  Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.]
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     1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
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     2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or


        constitution. "A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and
        strong sense." --Dickens.
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              He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry
              vigor and alertness.                  --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wiry
       adj : lean and sinewy [syn: {stringy}]
       [also: {wiriest}, {wirier}]

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

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiry":
     able-bodied, athletic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, capillary,
     cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous,
     durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy,
     funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy,
     lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, muscle-bound, muscular,
     resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn,
     taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thewy, thickset, threadlike,
     thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid,
     well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up