Wiry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to wire.
  • adj. Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness: wiry red hair.
  • adj. Sinewy and lean: He had a wiry build.
  • adj. Produced by or as if by wire being vibrated. Used of sounds: a wiry tone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Thin, muscular and flexible.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
  • adj. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Made of wire; in the form of wire.
  • Resembling wire; especially, tough and flexible; of persons, lean and sinewy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of hair that resembles wire in stiffness
  • adj. lean and sinewy
  • adj. of or relating to wire
  • Equivalent
    hairy    haired    hirsute    lean    thin   
    Cross Reference
    wiry pulse   
    Variant
    wiriest    wirier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tough    sinewy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alfieri    Cleary    Erie    Kiri    Leary    beery    bleary    cheery    deary    dreary   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sinewy    stocky    lean    muscular    shaggy    bony    broad-shouldered    dark-haired    blond    bushy