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mus·cle  (msl)

n.

1. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.

2. 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.

3. Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper.

4. Informal Power or authority: put some muscle into law enforcement.

v. mus·cled, mus·cling, mus·cles Informal

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.

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muscle

Noun

1. a tissue in the body composed of bundles of elongated cells which produce movement in an organ or part by contracting or relaxing

2. an organ composed of muscle tissue: the heart is essentially just another muscle

3. strength or force: we do not have the political muscle to force through these reforms

Verb

[-cling, -cled]

muscle in to force one's way into a situation; intrude: I don't like the way he's trying to muscle in here [Medical Latin musculus little mouse]

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muscle  (msl)

A body tissue composed of sheets or bundles of cells that contract to produce movement or increase tension. Muscle cells contain filaments made of the proteins actin and myosin, which lie parallel to each other. When a muscle is signaled to contract, the actin and myosin filaments slide past each other in an overlapping pattern. Skeletal muscle effects voluntary movement and is made up of bundles of elongated cells (muscle fibers), each of which contains many nuclei. Smooth muscle provides the contractile force for the internal organs and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Smooth muscle cells are spindle-shaped and each contains a single nucleus. Cardiac muscle makes up the muscle of the heart and consists of a meshwork of striated cells.

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muscular adjective

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muscle - one of the contractile organs of the body musculus contractile organ, contractor - a bodily organ that contracts skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes pronator - a muscle that produces or assists in pronation supinator - a muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination levator - a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip) antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles" eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball rectus - any of various straight muscles muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre - an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body involuntary muscle, smooth muscle - a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart) anatomical sphincter, sphincter, sphincter muscle - a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening tensor - any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
	2.	muscle - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells muscular tissue animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals striated muscle tissue - muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes cardiac muscle, heart muscle - the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction smooth muscle - muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism tonicity, tonus, tone - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
	3.	muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" muscleman bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough - a cruel and brutal fellow
	4.	muscle - authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign" authority, potency, authorization, authorisation, say-so, dominance - the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
	5.	muscle - possessing muscular strength brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
Verb	1.	muscle - make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

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muscle

noun 1. tendon, sinew, muscle tissue, thew

noun 2. strength, might, force, power, weight, stamina, potency, brawn, sturdiness

muscle in (Informal) impose yourself, encroach, butt in, force your way in, elbow your way in

Translations

muscle [ˈmʌsl] n → músculo

muscle in vi → entrometerse

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muscle [ˈmʌsl] n → muscle m (fig); force f

muscle in vi → s'imposer, s'immiscer

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muscle [ˈmʌsl] n → Muskel m (fig) (strength) → Macht f

muscle in muscle vi to muscle in (on sth) → (bei etw) mitmischen

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muscle [ˈmʌsl] n → muscolo

muscle in vi → immischiarsi