muscle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.
Inflected forms:
form: muscles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: muscule
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: muscles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: muscling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: muscled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: muscled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.
gloss: An organ composed of muscle tissue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles. They seemed to ripple and string tense.
You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker […]
gloss: A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
gloss: Strength, force.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: The widely-backed campaign to recall Evan Mecham as governor of Arizona gained even more muscle when the state House of Representatives voted to impeach the ultraconservative on February 5.
The lesson to be drawn from the events of 1914, to Roosevelt's mind, was that civilization needed muscle to defend it, not just solemn words.
It was going to take muscle to pluck Miss Agnes out of the canal.
How can the unions - or more specifically the RMT—possibly think this is a good time to exert a bit of industrial muscle and indulge in strikes both on the national railway and the London Underground?
gloss: Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He muscled his way through the crowd.
Hensel and Wilson hit a series of leg shots simultaneously as Christian muscles between them with Quinn right on his heels.
Nothing the Nebraskans ever again recorded managed to muscle more than minimal attention.
"Here!" I passed out stacks of money. T.C. hadn't had time to batch it up, so some of it was just laying loose in money bags and I passed all that shit out to Rome while Pimp muscled Miss Lady around.
gloss: To move forcefully or with great strength.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She muscled through the ruins.
Related words: myology
myotomy
mouse
Derived words: beer muscles
delayed onset muscle soreness
delayed-onset muscle soreness
gym muscles
hired muscle
hypermuscle
intermuscle
love muscle
make a muscle
mind-muscle connection
muscle ass
Muscle Beach
musclebike
muscleblind
musclebound
muscle-bound
muscle boy
musclebrain
muscle car
muscle confusion
Muscle Creek
muscled
muscledom
muscled up
muscle dysmorphia
muscle-eye-brain disease
muscle fiber
muscle fibre
muscleful
muscle girl
musclegirl
muscle god
musclehead
muscle head
muscleless
musclelike
muscleman
muscle man
muscle Mary
muscle memory
muscle mommy
muscle morph
muscle-prism
muscle-queen
muscle queen
muscle reading
muscle relaxant
muscle segment
muscle shirt
musclesome
muscle spindle
muscle tone
muscle woman
musclewoman
musclewood
muscle worship
muscley
muscly
muscular
muscularity
musculature
nonmuscle
on the muscle
white muscle disease
muscle in
muscle in on
muscle-up
muscle up
outmuscle
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: spier
lang: Albanian
word: muskul
lang: Southern Altai
word: балтыр
roman: baltïr
lang: Amharic
word: ጡንቻ
roman: ṭunča
lang: Arabic
word: عَضَلَة
roman: ʕaḍala
lang: Arabic
word: عضلة
roman: ʕaḍala
lang: Arabic
word: عَضَلة
roman: ʕaḍala
lang: Armenian
word: մկան
roman: mkan
lang: Aromanian
word: mushclju
lang: Assamese
word: পেশী
roman: pexi
lang: Asturian
word: músculu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: əzələ
lang: Bashkir
word: мускул
roman: muskul
lang: Basque
word: gihar
lang: Belarusian
word: мы́шца
roman: mýšca
lang: Belarusian
word: му́скул
roman: múskul
lang: Belarusian
word: цяглі́ца
roman: cjahlíca
lang: Bengali
word: পেশী
roman: peśi
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: masor
lang: Bulgarian
word: му́скул
roman: múskul
lang: Burmese
word: ကြွက်သား
roman: krwaksa:
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: мяз
roman: mjaz
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: мускул
roman: muskul
lang: Catalan
word: múscul
lang: Cebuano
word: kusog
lang: Chechen
word: дилха
roman: dilxa
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 肌肉
roman: gei¹ juk⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 筋肉
roman: gan¹ juk⁶
lang: Chinese
word: 肌肉
roman: ki-bah
lang: Chinese
word: 筋肉
roman: kin-bah
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 肌肉
roman: jīròu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 筋肉
roman: jīnròu
lang: Chuvash
word: сенкерле
roman: senk̬erle
lang: Chuvash
word: мускул
roman: muskul
lang: Czech
word: sval
lang: Danish
word: muskel
lang: Dutch
word: spier
lang: Egyptian
word: D52:X1-T14-T14-X1:F51
roman: mt
lang: Erzya
word: пукшо
roman: pukšo
lang: Esperanto
word: muskolo
lang: Estonian
word: lihas
lang: Faroese
word: vøddi
lang: Finnish
word: lihaskudos
lang: Finnish
word: lihas
lang: French
word: muscle
lang: Friulian
word: muscul
lang: Galician
word: músculo
lang: Georgian
word: კუნთი
roman: ḳunti
lang: German
word: Muskel
lang: Greek
word: μυς
roman: mys
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μῦς
roman: mûs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἴς
roman: ís
lang: Gujarati
word: સ્નાયુ
roman: snāyu
lang: Haitian Creole
word: misk
lang: Hebrew
word: שְׁרִיר
roman: sh'rir
lang: Hindi
word: पेशी
roman: peśī
lang: Hindi
word: मांसपेशी
roman: mānspeśī
lang: Hungarian
word: izom
lang: Icelandic
word: vöðvi
lang: Ido
word: muskulo
lang: Indonesian
word: otot
lang: Ingrian
word: muskula
lang: Irish
word: matán
lang: Italian
word: muscolo
lang: Japanese
word: 筋肉
roman: kinniku
lang: Japanese
word: 筋
roman: suji
lang: Javanese
word: otot
lang: Old Javanese
word: hotot
lang: Kalmyk
word: бульчң
roman: bulʹçñ
lang: Kannada
word: ಸ್ನಾಯು
roman: snāyu
lang: Kazakh
word: бұлшықет
roman: būlşyqet
lang: Khmer
word: សាច់ដុំ
roman: sac dom
lang: Korean
word: 근육
roman: geunyuk
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: masûlke
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ezalet
lang: Kyrgyz
word: мускул
roman: muskul
lang: Kyrgyz
word: булчуң
roman: bulcuŋ
lang: Kyrgyz
word: булчуң эт
roman: bulcuŋ et
lang: Lao
word: ກ້າມ
roman: kām
lang: Lao
word: ເນຶ້ອກ້າມ
roman: nưa kām
lang: Latin
word: torus
lang: Latin
word: mūsculus
lang: Latvian
word: muskulis
lang: Lithuanian
word: raumuo
lang: Low German
word: Muskel
lang: Macedonian
word: мускул
roman: muskul
lang: Malagasy
word: ozatra
lang: Malay
word: otot
lang: Malayalam
word: പേശി
roman: pēśi
lang: Maltese
word: muskolu
lang: Māori
word: ua
lang: Māori
word: uaua
lang: Māori
word: ia
lang: Marathi
word: स्नायू
roman: snāyū
lang: Central Melanau
word: wat
lang: Middle English
word: muscle
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: pasú·ka-
lang: Mongolian
word: булчин
roman: bulčin
lang: Mongolian
word: хүч тамир
roman: xüč tamir
lang: Munsee
word: wchéht
lang: Navajo
word: adoh
lang: Norman
word: muscle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: muskel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: vodve
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sege
lang: Occitan
word: muscle
lang: Odia
word: ପେଶୀ
roman: peśi
lang: Ojibwe
word: mashkawiziiwin
lang: Old English
word: līra
lang: Pashto
word: عضله
roman: 'azala
lang: Persian
word: ماهیچِه
roman: mâhiče
lang: Persian
word: عَضُلِه
roman: 'azole
lang: Persian
word: موشَک
roman: mušak
lang: Polabian
word: moiskă
lang: Polish
word: mięsień
lang: Polish
word: muskuł
lang: Portuguese
word: músculo
lang: Romanian
word: mușchi
lang: Romansh
word: muscul
lang: Romansh
word: muscal
lang: Russian
word: мы́шца
roman: mýšca
lang: Russian
word: му́скул
roman: múskul
lang: Samoan
word: maso
lang: Sanskrit
word: पेशी
roman: peśī
lang: Sanskrit
word: स्नायु
roman: snāyu
lang: Sardinian
word: musculu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мѝшӣћ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mìšīć
lang: Slovak
word: sval
lang: Slovene
word: mišica
lang: Spanish
word: músculo
lang: Sundanese
word: otot
lang: Swahili
word: msuli
lang: Swedish
word: muskel
lang: Tagalog
word: masel
lang: Tagalog
word: kalamnan
lang: Tajik
word: мушак
roman: mušak
lang: Tajik
word: моҳича
roman: mohiča
lang: Tajik
word: азала
roman: azala
lang: Tamil
word: தசை
roman: tacai
lang: Tatar
word: мускул
roman: musqul
lang: Telugu
word: కండరం
roman: kaṇḍaraṁ
lang: Tetum
word: uat
lang: Tetum
word: múskulu
lang: Thai
word: กล้ามเนื้อ
roman: glâam-nʉ́ʉa
lang: Thai
word: กล้าม
roman: glâam
lang: Tibetan
word: ཤ་ཤེད
lang: Tigrinya
word: ጭዋዳ
roman: č̣əwada
lang: Tocharian B
word: passoñ
lang: Tongan
word: uoua
lang: Turkish
word: kas
lang: Turkish
word: adale
lang: Turkmen
word: muskul
lang: Ukrainian
word: м'яз
roman: mʺjaz
lang: Ukrainian
word: му́скул
roman: múskul
lang: Urdu
word: عَضْلَہ
roman: 'azla
lang: Uyghur
word: مۇسكۇل
roman: muskul
lang: Uzbek
word: mushak
lang: Uzbek
word: muskul
lang: Uzbek
word: et
lang: Vietnamese
word: cơ
lang: Vietnamese
word: bắp thịt
lang: Vietnamese
word: cơ bắp
lang: Volapük
word: muskul
lang: Walloon
word: musse
lang: Welsh
word: cyhyr
lang: Yakut
word: былчыҥ
roman: bïlčïŋ
lang: Yiddish
word: מוסקל
roman: muskl
lang: Yoruba
word: iṣan