Muscle

Quick meaning: Muscle is a noun meaning (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
2. (usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
3. (uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
4. (uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
5. (transitive) To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
6. (intransitive) To move forcefully or with great strength.

Example Sentences

Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.

It was going to take muscle to pluck Miss Agnes out of the canal.

You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker […]

For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.

Word Forms

• muscles
• muscule
• muscling
• muscled

Synonyms for muscle

Depending on context, synonyms include thew, sinew, musculus, brawn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include musculus, sinew, brawn, musculature, muscular, nerve.

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