English-Thai Dictionary

stringy

ADJ เหมือน สาย  เป็น สาย  เหมือน เส้นด้าย  ropy threadlike wiry muan-sai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRINGY

a. 1. Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as a stringy root.
2. Ropy; viscid; gluey; that may be drawn into a thread.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STRINGY

STRINGY String "y, a.

 

1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

 

2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. Stringy bark (Bot. ), a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as E. amygdalina, obliqua, capitellata, macrorhyncha, piperita, pilularis, and tetradonta ),which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stringy

string y |ˈstriNGē ˈstrɪŋi | ▶adjective ( stringier, stringiest ) (esp. of hair ) resembling string; long, thin, and lusterless. • (of a person ) tall, wiry, and thin. • (of food ) containing tough fibers and so hard to eat. • (of a liquid ) viscous; forming strings. DERIVATIVES string i ly |-lē |adverb, string i ness noun

 

stringybark

stringy |bark |ˈstrɪŋɪbɑːk | ▶noun an Australian eucalyptus with tough fibrous bark. ●Several species in the genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae.

 

Oxford Dictionary

stringy

stringy |ˈstrɪŋi | ▶adjective ( stringier, stringiest ) (especially of hair ) resembling string in being long and thin. • (of a person ) tall, wiry, and thin. • (of food ) containing tough fibres and so hard to eat. • (of a liquid ) viscous; forming strings. DERIVATIVES stringily adverb, stringiness noun

 

stringybark

stringy |bark |ˈstrɪŋɪbɑːk | ▶noun an Australian eucalyptus with tough fibrous bark. ●Several species in the genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stringy

stringy adjective 1 stringy hair: straggly, lank, thin. 2 a stringy brunette: lanky, gangling, gangly, rangy, wiry, bony, skinny, scrawny, thin, spare, gaunt. 3 stringy meat: fibrous, gristly, sinewy, chewy, tough, leathery.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stringy

stringy adjective 1 the girl is small with stringy hair: straggly, straggling, lank, thin. ANTONYMS luxuriant. 2 a stringy brunette: lanky, gangling, gangly, rangy, wiry, angular, bony, reedy; spindly, spindling, skinny, size-zero, scrawny, thin, thin as a rake, spare, gaunt, emaciated, skeletal, raw-boned. ANTONYMS plump. 3 he had to chew the stringy meat: fibrous, gristly, sinewy, chewy, ropy, tough, leathery, leather-like, hard. ANTONYMS tender, succulent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stringy

string y /strɪ́ŋi /形容詞 1 糸の (ような ), ひも状の ; 〈髪の毛が 〉 (汚れて )よれよれになった .2 〈食物などが 〉筋の多い ; 繊維質の .3 〈チーズなどが 〉とろけて糸を引く, ねばつく .4 〈人が 〉ひょろりとやせて筋ばった .str í ng i ness 名詞