Muscle
11muscle — mus cle, v. t. 1. To compel by threat of force; as, they muscled the shopkeeper into paying protection money. [PJC] 2. To moved by human force; as, to muscle the piano onto the truck. [PJC] …
12muscle — UK US /ˈmʌsl/ noun [U] INFORMAL ► the power to do difficult things or to make people behave in a certain way: »We do have the financial muscle to compete effectively in this market …
13muscle — muscle, mussel Muscle is the fibrous body tissue, mussel the bivalve mollusc …
14muscle — [n1] large fibers of animal body beef, brawn, flesh, meat, might, sinew, tendon, thew, tissue; concepts 393,420 muscle [n2] power, influence brawn, clout, energy, force, forcefulness, might, potency, sinew, stamina, strength, strong arm*,… …
15muscle — m. muscle; moule. Sotar de muscles : pêcher des moules. De Sant Chamàs sòrte pas de marrits muscles prov …
16muscle — ► NOUN 1) a band of fibrous tissue in the body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of a part of the body. 2) power or strength. ► VERB (muscle in/into) informal ▪ interfere forcibly in (another s… …
17muscle — index sinew, strength Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18musclé — musclé, ée (mu sklé, sklée) adj. 1° Qui est pourvu de muscles. • Tous les sapajous ont la queue prenante, c est à dire musclée de manière qu ils peuvent s en servir comme d un doigt pour saisir et prendre ce qui leur plaît, BUFF. Quadrup. t.… …
19muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 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… …
20Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin …
