stringy
(adjective) consisting of or containing string or strings
stringy, wiry
(adjective) lean and sinewy
ropy, ropey, stringy, thready
(adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads
fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable
(adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stringy (comparative stringier, superlative stringiest)
Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
(of food) Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
(of a person) Wiry, lean, scrawny.
(programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings.
• fibrous
• filamentous
• tryings
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
