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1. (adj.) wiry
made of wire.
2. wiry
resembling wire, as in form, stiffness, etc.
3. wiry
lean and sinewy:
a wiry little person.
4. wiry
produced by or resembling the sound of a vibrating wire:
wiry tones.
Etymology: (1580–90)
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| Definition of 'wiry' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) stringy, wiry
lean and sinewy
2. (adj) wiry
of or relating to wire
3. (adj) wiry
of hair that resembles wire in stiffness
"wiry red hair"
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1. (adjective) wiry
(of a person) very thin with strong muscles
a wiry old man
2. wiry
(of hair, wool, etc.) coarse and hard to the touch
his wiry gray hair
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| Definition of 'wiry' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) wiry
made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire
2. (adj) wiry
capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution
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Sense: (of a person, his body etc) slim but strong.
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 Afrikaans: taai |
 Arabic: نَحيل، شَبيه بالسِّلْك |
 Bulgarian: жилав |
 Brazilian: rijo |
 Czech: šlachovitý |
 German: drahtig |
 Danish: sej; senet |
 Greek: δυνατός, νευρώδης (για σώ |
 Spanish: enjuto y fuerte |
 Estonian: sitke |
 Farsi: سيمى سفت |
 Finnish: jäntevä |
 French: sec et nerveux |
 Hebrew: רָזֶה וּשרִירִי |
 Hindi: तार जैसा |
 Croatian: vitak, snažan |
 Hungarian: szívós és izmos (de sován |
 Indonesian: kurus tapi kuat |
 Icelandic: grannholda og sterklegur |
 Italian: nerboruto |
 Japanese: 筋張った |
 Korean: 마르고 강인한 |
 Lithuanian: prakaulus |
 Latvian: stiegrains |
 Malay: kurus dan berotot kuat |
 Dutch: pezig |
 Norwegian: senet, seig |
 Polish: żylasty |
 Portuguese: rijo |
 Romanian: musculos |
 Russian: жилистый |
 Slovak: šľachovitý, svalnatý |
 Slovenian: žilav |
 Serbian: žilav |
 Swedish: senig, muskulös |
 Thai: ผอมบางแต่แข็งแรง |
 Turkish: sırım gibi |
 Taiwanese: 瘦長結實的 |
 Ukrainian: жилавий; витривалий |
 Urdu: چست اور مستعد |
 Vietnamese: rắn chắc |
 Chinese: 瘦长结实的 |
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