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muscle
[ muhs-uhl ]
noun
- a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a particular movement.
- muscular strength; brawn:
It will take a great deal of muscle to move this box.
Synonyms: , , ,
- power or force, especially of a coercive nature:
They put muscle into their policy and sent the marines.
- lean meat.
- Slang.
- a hired thug or thugs.
- a bodyguard or bodyguards:
a gangster protected by muscle.
- a necessary or fundamental thing, quality, etc.:
The editor cut the muscle from the article.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to force or compel others to make way for:
He muscled his way into the conversation.
- to make more muscular:
The dancing lessons muscled her legs.
- to strengthen or toughen; put muscle into.
- Informal. to accomplish by muscular force:
to muscle the partition into place.
- Informal. to force or compel, as by threats, promises, influence, or the like:
to muscle a bill through Congress.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to make one's way by force or fraud (often followed by in or into ).
adjective
- Informal. (of a machine, engine, or vehicle) being very powerful or capable of high-speed performance:
a muscle power saw.
muscle
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- a tissue composed of bundles of elongated cells capable of contraction and relaxation to produce movement in an organ or part
- an organ composed of muscle tissue
- strength or force
verb
- informal.intr; often foll by in, on, etc to force one's way (in)
muscle
/ ŭ′ə /
- A body tissue composed of sheets or bundles of cells that contract to produce movement or increase tension. Muscle cells contain filaments made of the proteins actin and myosin, which lie parallel to each other. When a muscle is signaled to contract, the actin and myosin filaments slide past each other in an overlapping pattern.
- ◆ Skeletal muscle effects voluntary movement and is made up of bundles of elongated cells (muscle fibers), each of which contains many nuclei.
- ◆ Smooth muscle provides the contractile force for the internal organs and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Smooth muscle cells are spindle-shaped and each contains a single nucleus.
- ◆ Cardiac muscle makes up the muscle of the heart and consists of a meshwork of striated cells.
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲc· adjective
- ܲc adjective
- v·ܲc adjective
- ٰԲ·ܲc noun
- ܲ·ܲc adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of muscle1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with muscle , also see flex one's muscles ; move a muscle .Example Sentences
Celine Dion says her rare disorder, characterized by muscle rigidity and spasms, hinders her ability to perform or carry out everyday tasks.
But I feel there needs to be more research into exactly why certain movements happen or more strength and conditioning to help with the muscles in and around the knee.
The conservationist, Aussie TV personality and son of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin flashes some serious muscle in the new Bonds ads, which include him posing with a snake, a spider and a lizard.
Neighbors and grassroots groups in South L.A. put their muscle together, stood up to their own council member, and stopped the Lancer project, a closed-system incinerator to burn trash into energy near the Coliseum.
The Dodgers dramatically showed that the heady beginning of their 2025 season is about more than muscle, there’s also magic.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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