[syn: ropy, ropey, stringy, thready]
4. consisting of or containing string or strings;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 (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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stringy
adj 1: lean and sinewy [syn: stringy, wiry]
2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn:
fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable]
3: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: ropy, ropey,
stringy, thready]
4: consisting of or containing string or strings
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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