muscle
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nounADJECTIVE▪ hard, powerful, strong▪ taut, tense, tight▪ relaxed▪ smooth▪ lean, ripped, toned▪ bulging, rippling▪ cramped▪
I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles.
▪ pulled, strained, torn▪ aching, sore, stiff, tired▪ abdominal, arm, calf, facial, heart, thigh, etc.▪ skeletalVERB + MUSCLE▪ clench, contract, flex, pump, squeeze, tense, tighten▪He flexed his muscles, then set off to run.
▪ loosen, relax▪Learn how to relax tense muscles.
▪ control▪ soothe▪ stretch▪ exercise, train, use, work▪ build, gain, strengthen, tone▪diet supplements to build muscle
▪ sculpt▪Lifting weights sculpts muscle.
▪ damage, exhaust, fatigue, injure, overload, weaken▪ pull, strain, tear▪I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle.
▪ knead, massage▪ activate, stimulate▪ paralyse/paralyzeMUSCLE + VERB▪ ache, burn, hurt▪ cramp▪ strain▪ clench, contract, flex, stiffen, tense, tighten▪ go limp, loosen, relax, slacken▪ stretch▪ quiver, ripple, tremble, twitch▪His muscles rippled beneath his T-shirt as he worked.
▪ bulge▪ move, work▪ control sth▪the muscles controlling speech production
▪ protest, scream▪Suddenly my sore muscles protested and I let out a groan.
MUSCLE + NOUN▪ cell, fibre/fiber, tissue▪ mass▪ group▪ function▪ activity▪ ache, cramp, damage, disease, fatigue, pain, paralysis, soreness, stiffness, strain, weakness▪ loss, wasting▪ contraction, relaxation, spasm, tension, twitch▪ definition, tone▪ size▪ endurance, strength▪ repair▪ gain, growth▪ building▪ builder▪ boy, man (usually muscleman), mary (BrE, informal)▪ shirt (AmE), tee (AmE), T-shirtPREPOSITION▪ muscle in▪The muscles in my face tensed.
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muscle — [ myskl ] n. m. • 1314; lat. musculus « petit rat » → 2. moule 1 ♦ Anat. Structure organique contractile qui assure les mouvements. ⇒ motricité. Relatif aux muscles. ⇒ musculaire, musculeux; my(o) , sarco . Le muscle est fait de cellules en… … Encyclopédie Universelle
musclé — muscle [ myskl ] n. m. • 1314; lat. musculus « petit rat » → 2. moule 1 ♦ Anat. Structure organique contractile qui assure les mouvements. ⇒ motricité. Relatif aux muscles. ⇒ musculaire, musculeux; my(o) , sarco . Le muscle est fait de cellules… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Muscle — {{{Caption}}} modifier … Wikipédia en Français
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Muscle — Mus cle (m[u^]s l), n. [F., fr. L. musculus a muscle, a little mouse, dim. of mus a mouse. See {Mouse}, and cf. sense 3 (below).] 1. (Anat.) (a) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. See Illust. of Muscles of the Human Body, in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
MUSCLE — (multiple sequence comparison by log expectation) is public domain, multiple sequence alignment software for protein and nucleotide sequences.cite journal |author=Edgar RC |title=MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high… … Wikipedia
muscle — MUSCLE. s. m. Partie charnüe & fibreuse, & l organe des mouvements de l animal. Le gros muscle. muscle large. les muscles de la face. les muscles des bras, des jambes &c. le tendon d un muscle. les fibres des muscles. l origine des muscles … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
muscle in on — (something) to force a way into someone s business or other relationships in order to control them. Russell was the governor s closest friend, and he didn t like it when someone tried to muscle in on that relationship. These people pretended to… … New idioms dictionary
muscle — Muscle, Musculus. le muscle, c est à dire, la partie charnue de tout le corps, en laquelle git la force, soit és cuisses ou és bras, Lacertus. Muscle spasmé et retiré, Conuulsus musculus … Thresor de la langue françoyse
muscle — [mus′əl] n. [Fr < L musculus, a muscle, lit., little mouse (from the fancied resemblance between the movements of a mouse and muscle), dim. of mus,MOUSE] 1. any of the body organs consisting of bundles of cells or fibers that can be contracted … English World dictionary
muscle — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
