Muscle
mus·cle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (msl)
n.
A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.
A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body: the heart muscle; the muscles of the arm.
Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper.
Informal. Power or authority: put some muscle into law enforcement.
v. Informal mus·cled, mus·cling, mus·cles
v. intr.
To make one's way by or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.
v. tr.
To move or force with strength: muscled legislation through Congress.
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin msculus, diminutive of ms, mouse. See ms- in Indo-European Roots.]
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muscly adj.
