Sinewy vs. Muscle

Sinewyadjective

Tough; having strong sinews.

Sinewyadjective

(figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength.

Sinewyadjective

(of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.

Sinewyadjective

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

Sinewyadjective

Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.

Sinewyadjective

(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

Sinewyadjective

consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

Sinewyadjective

(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;

Sinewyadjective

consisting of or resembling sinews.

Sinewyadjective

(of a person or animal) lean and muscular

Musclenoun

(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

Musclenoun

(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.

Musclenoun

A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.

Musclenoun

Strength, force.

Musclenoun

Hired strongmen or bodyguards.

Muscleverb

To use force to make progress, especially physical force.

Musclenoun

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

Musclenoun

Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.

Musclenoun

See Mussel.

Musclenoun

An essential part of something; as, budget cuts have gone beyond the fat and are cutting into the muscle of the government.

Musclenoun

Bodyguards or other persons hired to provide protection or commit violence; as, he doesn't go out without his muscle along.

Muscleverb

To compel by threat of force; as, they muscled the shopkeeper into paying protection money.

Muscleverb

To moved by human force; as, to muscle the piano onto the truck.

Musclenoun

one of the contractile organs of the body

Musclenoun

animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Musclenoun

a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard;

Musclenoun

authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way);

Musclenoun

muscular strength

Muscleverb

make one's way by force;