Muscle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.
  • n. A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body: the heart muscle; the muscles of the arm.
  • n. Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper.
  • n. Informal Power or authority: put some muscle into law enforcement.
  • verb-intransitive. To make one's way by or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.
  • v. To move or force with strength: muscled legislation through Congress.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
  • n. An organ composed of muscle tissue.
  • n. A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
  • n. Strength.
  • n. Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
  • v. To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
  • n. The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.
  • n. Muscular strength or development.
  • n. See Mussel.
  • n. An essential part of something.
  • n. Bodyguards or other persons hired to provide protection or commit violence.
  • v. To compel by threat of force.
  • v. To moved by human force.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of animal tissue consisting of bundles of fibers whose essential physiological characteristic is contractility, or the capability of contracting in length and dilating in breadth on the application of a proper stimulus, as the impulse of a motor nerve, or a shock of electricity; flesh; “lean meat.”
  • n. A certain portion of muscle or muscular tissue, having definite position and relation with surrounding parts, and usually fixed at one or both ends.
  • n. A part, organ, or tissue, of whatever histological character, which has the property of contractility, and is thus capable of motion in itself.
  • n. Figuratively, muscular strength; brawn: as, a man of muscle.
  • n. See the adjectives.
  • n. See mussel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
  • n. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
  • n. possessing muscular strength
  • n. one of the contractile organs of the body
  • n. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
  • v. make one's way by force
  • Verb Form
    muscled    muscles    muscling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    authority    dominance    potency    say-so    authorization    authorisation    strength    bully    yobo    rowdy   
    Variant
    mussel   
    Form
    outmuscle   
    Synonym
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    thew   
    Rhyme
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    Russel    Russell    bussell    bustle    hustle    mussel    rustle    tussle   
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