stringy
Origin of stringy
1Other words from stringy
- string·i·ness, noun
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How to use stringy in a sentence
Sneezelike contractions appeared to expel and move the specks along a “mucus highway” across the surface of the sponge to points where they collected in stringy, gooey clumps.
Sea sponges launch slow-motion snot rockets to clean their pores | Jude Coleman | August 10, 2022 | Science NewsUsing a spoon, scrape out the seeds and stringy pulp, transfer them to a small bowl of water, and separate the seeds from the pulp.
Roast the seeds and peel for a crunchy garnish on this butternut squash and sage pasta | Joe Yonan | April 23, 2021 | Washington PostIt's also true that--like many squashes and gourds--it needs to be stewed and pureed to get rid of its stringy texture.
A dense and stringy fruit, it needs the accompaniment of a lot of sugar and spices before it becomes particularly palatable.
That changed Feb. 4, when the stringy 6-foot-3, 23-year-old Knicks guard racked up 25 points against the New Jersey Nets.
Jeremy Lin Means More Than Wins for the Knicks | Matthew DeLuca | February 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Smith—sporting blue jeans, combat boots, a black blazer, and that signature mess of stringy brown hair—offers to show me around.
It is true that the beef she used was not often beef, but she did not know that, and merely complained that the meat was stringy.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartMr. Neech was a dried-up, snuff-coloured man, with a long thin nose and stringy neck and dark piercing eyes.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieI then produced large nets made out of strips of green hide and stringy-bark rope.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontHis face grew stringy and his voice harder, and his eyes ready to burst from a smother of fire.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithOn the whole it was voted good though it had a strong, musty taste and was so stringy that it could not be properly chewed.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for stringy
/ (ˈstrɪŋɪ) /
made of strings or resembling strings
(of meat, etc) fibrous
(of a person's build) wiry; sinewy
(of liquids) forming in strings
Derived forms of stringy
- stringily, adverb
- stringiness, noun
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