stringyadj.

Brit.

/ˈstrɪŋi/, U.S.

/ˈstrɪŋi/

Etymology: < string n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Resembling string or fibre; consisting of string-like pieces. Chiefly applied to vegetable or animal tissues, esp. meat when its fibres have become tough.

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the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > stringy

stringy1669

the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fibrous

thready1597

towy1601

fibrous1626

filaceous1626

stringy1669

filamentous1682

fibrose1697

fibrillous1747

filamentose1848

fibrillated1849

fibry1882

fibrillate1884

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > like a rope or string

ropy?c1425

stringy1669

funiform1827

ropelike1835

1669 W. Jackson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1061 Mosses..are a kind of Moorish boggy ground, very stringy, and fatt.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Biii Sticky or Stringy, is said of Roots, when not kindly or running to Seed.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 155 The Radishes that are sown on hot Beds..are more apt to grow hollow and stringy.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 117 We usually preferred the tops of the turnips to the roots, which were often stringy.

1829 G. Head Forest Scenes N. Amer. 224 As to the woodpecker..His flesh was.. lean and stringy.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 189 Bits and gobbets of lean meat,..tough and stringy morsels.

1884 Manch. Examiner 12 Nov. 8/2 Dates which are rather stringy than sweet.

b. spec. of timber (see quot. 1843).

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn > forming string-like fibres when sawn

stringy1843

1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 406/1 Deals that, when acted upon by the saw, do not form sawdust, but are torn into long strings or fibres, and, on that account, termed ‘stringy’.

c. Designating defective cotton or wool, esp. cotton which has been imperfectly scutched.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [adjective]

yteseda1425

carded1547

currieda1556

scoured1667

wrought1694

combed1833

slubbed1844

willowed1880

stringy1902

deseeded1958

1902 W. I. Hannan Textile Fibres Commerce 115 The cotton which is struck off by the beater blades of the scutcher should be removed away from the beater's course immediately; any delay at this stage may cause the fibres to become contorted into very curious shapes, and such cotton is then termed stringy.

1932 E. Midgley Techn. Terms Textile Trade II. 215 Stringy, wool partially matted in fibre and drawn into a slightly ropy form. The stringing of wool is usually due to inefficient scouring.

1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 481/1 Stringy cotton. This is a defective cotton produced by ginning wet or unripe seed cotton, or sometimes by a wrong adjustment of the brushes that take the lint from the ginsaws.

2. Of a person, the body, etc.: Thin; exhibiting sinew rather than flesh. Of hair: thin, tending to hang in strands. Also in combinations.

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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin

leanc1000

thinc1000

swonga1300

meagrea1398

empty?c1400

(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405

macilent?a1425

rawc1425

gauntc1440

to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450

leany?a1475

swampc1480

scarrya1500

pinched1514

extenuate1528

lean-fleshed1535

carrion-lean1542

spare1548

lank1553

carrion1565

brawn-fallen1578

raw-bone1590

scraggeda1591

thin-bellied1591

rake-lean1593

bare-boned1594

forlorn1594

Lented1594

lean-looked1597

shotten herring1598

spiny1598

starved1598

thin-belly1598

raw-boned1600

larbar1603

meagry?1603

fleshless1605

scraggy1611

ballow1612

lank-leana1616

skinnya1616

hagged1616

scraggling1616

carrion-like1620

extenuated1620

thin-gutted1620

haggard1630

scrannel1638

leanisha1645

skeletontal1651

overlean1657

emaciated1665

slank1668

lathy1672

emaciate1676

nithered1691

emacerated1704

lean-looking1713

scranky1735

squinny-gut(s)1742

mauger1756

squinny1784

angular1789

etiolated1791

as thin (also lean) as a rail1795

wiry1808

slink1817

scranny1820

famine-hollowed1822

sharp featured1824

reedy1830

scrawny1833

stringy1833

lean-ribbeda1845

skeletony1852

famine-pinched1856

shelly1866

flesh-fallen1876

thinnish1884

all horn and hide1890

unfurnished1893

bone-thin1899

underweight1899

asthenic1925

skin-and-bony1935

skinny-malinky1940

skeletal1952

pencil-neck1960

the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > thin, lank

sheerc1400

slank1668

flaggish1669

scratchy1820

stringy1956

1833 F. B. Head Bubbles from Brunnen (1834) 316 The stringy, weather-beaten features of the mountain peasant, were changed for countenances pulpy, fleshy, and evidently better fed.

1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. I. ii. iii. 48 A stringy little man of about fifty.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist xxi Rather pale and stringy from his cold swim.

1956 J. Cheever in New Yorker 14 Jan. 26/1 Her light hair was long and stringy.

1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast xviii. 234 The stringy-haired man.

3. Of liquid or viscous matter: Containing or forming glutinous thread-like parts; ropy.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts

roping1440

ropy1467

roped?1489

long1569

stringy1694

thready1733

thongy1847

1694 J. Addison tr. Virgil Fourth Georgic iv. 49 For this they hoard up glew, whose clinging drops, Like pitch, or bird-lime, hang in stringy ropes.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1266 [article Varnish] Keep it boiling until it feels strong and stringy between the fingers.

1846 Mechanics' Mag. 31 Oct. 427/2 When the glass was disposed to be wavy (ondé) or stringy (cordé) an iron tool was introduced into it.

1875 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 166 509 A stringy mucus.

4. Of the voice: ? Resembling the tone of a stretched string.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > metallic

stringy1820

metallic1821

wiry1860

1820 Q. Musical Mag. 2 257 (note) The effect of Mr. Bartleman's voice is often stringy, and of Mr. Braham's almost always either reedy or overbroke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stringy
释义	stringyadj. Brit. /ˈstrɪŋi/, U.S. /ˈstrɪŋi/ Etymology: < string n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Resembling string or fibre; consisting of string-like pieces. Chiefly applied to vegetable or animal tissues, esp. meat when its fibres have become tough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > stringy stringy1669 the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fibrous thready1597 towy1601 fibrous1626 filaceous1626 stringy1669 filamentous1682 fibrose1697 fibrillous1747 filamentose1848 fibrillated1849 fibry1882 fibrillate1884 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > like a rope or string ropy?c1425 stringy1669 funiform1827 ropelike1835 1669 W. Jackson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1061 Mosses..are a kind of Moorish boggy ground, very stringy, and fatt. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Biii Sticky or Stringy, is said of Roots, when not kindly or running to Seed. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 155 The Radishes that are sown on hot Beds..are more apt to grow hollow and stringy. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 117 We usually preferred the tops of the turnips to the roots, which were often stringy. 1829 G. Head Forest Scenes N. Amer. 224 As to the woodpecker..His flesh was.. lean and stringy. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 189 Bits and gobbets of lean meat,..tough and stringy morsels. 1884 Manch. Examiner 12 Nov. 8/2 Dates which are rather stringy than sweet. b. spec. of timber (see quot. 1843). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn > forming string-like fibres when sawn stringy1843 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 406/1 Deals that, when acted upon by the saw, do not form sawdust, but are torn into long strings or fibres, and, on that account, termed ‘stringy’. c. Designating defective cotton or wool, esp. cotton which has been imperfectly scutched. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [adjective] yteseda1425 carded1547 currieda1556 scoured1667 wrought1694 combed1833 slubbed1844 willowed1880 stringy1902 deseeded1958 1902 W. I. Hannan Textile Fibres Commerce 115 The cotton which is struck off by the beater blades of the scutcher should be removed away from the beater's course immediately; any delay at this stage may cause the fibres to become contorted into very curious shapes, and such cotton is then termed stringy. 1932 E. Midgley Techn. Terms Textile Trade II. 215 Stringy, wool partially matted in fibre and drawn into a slightly ropy form. The stringing of wool is usually due to inefficient scouring. 1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 481/1 Stringy cotton. This is a defective cotton produced by ginning wet or unripe seed cotton, or sometimes by a wrong adjustment of the brushes that take the lint from the ginsaws. 2. Of a person, the body, etc.: Thin; exhibiting sinew rather than flesh. Of hair: thin, tending to hang in strands. Also in combinations. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > thin, lank sheerc1400 slank1668 flaggish1669 scratchy1820 stringy1956 1833 F. B. Head Bubbles from Brunnen (1834) 316 The stringy, weather-beaten features of the mountain peasant, were changed for countenances pulpy, fleshy, and evidently better fed. 1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. I. ii. iii. 48 A stringy little man of about fifty. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist xxi Rather pale and stringy from his cold swim. 1956 J. Cheever in New Yorker 14 Jan. 26/1 Her light hair was long and stringy. 1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast xviii. 234 The stringy-haired man. 3. Of liquid or viscous matter: Containing or forming glutinous thread-like parts; ropy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts roping1440 ropy1467 roped?1489 long1569 stringy1694 thready1733 thongy1847 1694 J. Addison tr. Virgil Fourth Georgic iv. 49 For this they hoard up glew, whose clinging drops, Like pitch, or bird-lime, hang in stringy ropes. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1266 [article Varnish] Keep it boiling until it feels strong and stringy between the fingers. 1846 Mechanics' Mag. 31 Oct. 427/2 When the glass was disposed to be wavy (ondé) or stringy (cordé) an iron tool was introduced into it. 1875 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 166 509 A stringy mucus. 4. Of the voice: ? Resembling the tone of a stretched string. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > metallic stringy1820 metallic1821 wiry1860 1820 Q. Musical Mag. 2 257 (note) The effect of Mr. Bartleman's voice is often stringy, and of Mr. Braham's almost always either reedy or overbroke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1669
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