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muscle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew |
| Type of | strength |
| Derivation | muscular |
muscle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | musculus |
| Type of | contractor, contractile organ |
| Has types | ocular muscle, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, sphincter, sphincter muscle, striated muscle, rectus, pronator, involuntary muscle, eye muscle, antagonistic muscle, anatomical sphincter, supinator, tensor, levator |
muscle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | muscular tissue |
| Type of | animal tissue |
| Has types | striated muscle tissue, heart muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle |
| Derivation | muscular |
muscle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign.
Examples of muscle
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I went on to explain how muscle memory was going to be my saving grace that day.
From the bloomberg.com
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said Bay appeared to have a strained muscle.
From the sfgate.com
Women on oral contraceptives tend to increase fat and decrease lean muscle mass.
From the latimes.com
Gas-guzzling muscle cars died out with the onset of the oil shocks of the 1970s.
From the businessweek.com
For nearly two years, he claimed the executive muscle to impose unpaid days off.
From the sacbee.com
The people with the buzz muscle to help turn potential zealots on to your brand.
From the forbes.com
Dr Luo found the knee muscle uneven and applied acupuncture to the trouble spot.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Rodrigo Roncero has recovered from a thigh muscle strain to face the All Blacks.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In theory it should be possible to make EAPs as strong as human muscle, he says.
From the economist.com
- One of the contractile organs of the body
- Make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"
- Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
- Muscleman: a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"
- Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"
- Brawn: possessing muscular strength
- Muscle (from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus "mouse") is the contractile tissue of animals and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. Muscle cells contain contractile filaments that move past each other and change the size of the cell. ...
- Muscle is a comedy television series from the United States which aired on The WB in 1995. It was set inside the fictional Survival Gym in New York City. It was a parody of prime time soap operas of the 1990s.
- (MUSCLEs) M.U.S.C.L.E., (Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere), was a toyline of 2-inch tall monochromatic PVC gum wrestling figures produced in the United States from 1985 to 1988. The story involved intergalactic wrestlers fighting for supremacy of the universe. ...
