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English

Adjective

Being comprised of, or bearing a resemblance to that comprised of, string or strings.
:The meat was quite stringy.

Translations

Italian: fibroso (of meat)

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 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]

Moby Dictionary
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