Muscle

Noun

 * 1)  A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
 * Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
 * 1)  An organ composed of muscle tissue.
 * The muscles in his legs strained under the load.
 * 1)  Strength.
 * It took a lot of muscle to move the boulders.
 * 1)  Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
 * 2) * 1985 — Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, p 34
 * It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle.

Derived terms

 * beer muscles
 * cardiac muscle
 * gym muscles
 * involuntary muscle
 * make a muscle
 * Muscle Beach
 * musclebound
 * muscle boy
 * muscle car
 * muscled


 * muscledom
 * muscle dysmorphia
 * muscle in on
 * muscleless
 * muscleman
 * muscle relaxant
 * muscle shirt
 * muscle tone
 * muscle up


 * muscle-up
 * muscled up
 * muscular
 * muscularity
 * musculature
 * muscly
 * skeletal muscle
 * smooth muscle
 * voluntary muscle

Verb

 * 1) To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
 * He muscled his way through the crowd.
 * 1) * 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman 47 (6): 28-34.
 * Hensel and Wilson hit a series of leg shots simultaneously as Christian muscles between them with Quinn right on his heels.

Derived terms

 * outmuscle

Thesaurus
adductor, arm, beef, beefiness, biceps, brawn, brawniness, buccinator, effort, elasticity, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, exert strength, exertion, force, gemellus, gluteus maximus, hard pull, heftiness, huskiness, infraspinatus, intercostal, involuntary muscle, latissimus dorsi, levator, long pull, masseter, mentalis, might, might and main, muscularity, musculature, mylohyoid, nasalis, nerve and sinew, oblique, occipitalis, omohyoid, pains, pectineus, pectoralis, peroneus, physique, potency, power, sinew, sinewiness, sinews, sphincter, strength, strong arm, strong-arm, tensor, thew, thewiness, thews, tone, trapezius, triceps, trouble, use force, voluntary muscle

Etymology
From muscle:, from  musculus:, because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from  μῦς:.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: mussel
 * Homophones: mussel
 * Homophones: mussel
 * Homophones: mussel

Noun

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 * Korean: 힘살 (himsal), 근육 (筋肉, geunyuk)
 * Lao: ກ້າມ
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 * Turkish:, adale
 * Ukrainian: м'язи (m’jazy)
 * Volapük: muskul
 * Welsh: cyhyr


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 * Maltese: muskolu
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Verb

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Noun

 * 1) shoulder

Synonyms

 * espatlla

Noun

 * 1) muscle (contractile tissue, strength)

Etymology
Latin musculus, literally ‘little mouse’.