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Definitions for Muscle

[1] a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
[2] an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a particular movement.
[3] muscular strength; brawn: It will take a great deal of muscle to move this box.
[4] power or force, especially of a coercive nature: They put muscle into their policy and sent the marines.
[5] lean meat.
[6] Slang . a hired thug or thugs. a bodyguard or bodyguards: a gangster protected by muscle.
[7] a necessary or fundamental thing, quality, etc.: The editor cut the muscle from the article.
[8] Informal . to force or compel others to make way for: He muscled his way into the conversation.
[9] to make more muscular: The dancing lessons muscled her legs.
[10] to strengthen or toughen; put muscle into.
[11] Informal . to accomplish by muscular force: to muscle the partition into place.
[12] Informal . to force or compel, as by threats, promises, influence, or the like: to muscle a bill through Congress.
[13] Informal . to make one's way by force or fraud (often followed by in or into ).
[14] Informal . (of a machine, engine, or vehicle) being very powerful or capable of high-speed performance: a muscle power saw.
[15] a tissue composed of bundles of elongated cells capable of contraction and relaxation to produce movement in an organ or part
[16] an organ composed of muscle tissue
[17] strength or force
[18] (intr; often foll by in, on, etc ) informal to force one's way (in)

Words related to Muscle

tendon, meat, flesh, tissue, stamina, energy, strength, weight, clout, brawn, might, beef, sinew, potency, force, forcefulness, sturdiness, thew

Words nearby Muscle

muscat and oman, muscatel, muscatine, muscavado, muscid, muscle, muscle beach, muscle car, muscle dysmorphia, muscle fiber, muscle fibre

Origin of Muscle

1525–35; < Latin mūsculus literally, little mouse (from fancied resemblance to some muscles), equivalent to mūs mouse + -culus -cle1

Other words from Muscle

mus·cle·less , adjective
mus·cly , adjective
o·ver·mus·cled , adjective
trans·mus·cle , noun
un·mus·cled , adjective
muscular adjective

Word origin for Muscle

C16: from medical Latin musculus little mouse, from the imagined resemblance of some muscles to mice, from Latin mūs mouse

Synonyms for Muscle

flesh, meat, tendon, tissue, beef, brawn, might, sinew, thew