Sinewy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Consisting of or resembling sinews.
  • adj. Having many sinews; stringy and tough: a sinewy cut of beef.
  • adj. Lean and muscular. See Synonyms at muscular.
  • adj. Strong and vigorous: sinewy prose.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Tough; having strong sinews.
  • adj. Having or showing nervous strength.
  • adj. possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
  • adj. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of a sinew; resembling a sinew; forming a sinew; tendinous: as, sinewy fibers; a sinewy muscle, in which the tendinous part is conspicuous.
  • Having strong sinews; hence, muscular; strong; brawny; robust.
  • Pertaining to or due to physical strength; hence, stout, strong, or vigorous in any way.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
  • adj. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
  • adj. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
    • Equivalent
    strong    tough   
    Cross Reference
    strong    forcible   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nervous    vigorous    strong    firm    tough   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lithe    wiry    brawny    muscular    bronzed    shapely    agile    well-proportioned    slim    broad-shouldered   
     
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