stringy

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
    

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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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