Meaning of muscle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
   uncountable
2. muscle tissue
3. To make one's way by or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.
4. An organ composed of muscle tissue.
   countable
5. muscle (organ)
6. To move or force with strength: muscled legislation through Congress.
7. A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
   countable, plural-normally, uncountable
8. A body tissue composed of elongated cells (called muscle fibers) that contract to produce movement. In vertebrate animals, voluntary movement is produced by the action of muscles on bone. Movement of the muscles of the heart and other organs is involuntary and controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
9. Strength, force.
   figuratively, uncountable
10. Tissue that shortens to make part of the body move. Most striated muscle is voluntary (under conscious control). Smooth muscle is involuntary (under automatic control). See cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, striated muscle.
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11. Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
    figuratively, uncountable
12. Informal. To force one's way into a place or situation:push, shove.
13. any of the bundles of fibres in the body which, by contracting or relaxing, cause movement of the body. He has well-developed muscles in his arms. spiere عَضَلَه мускули músculo sval der Muskel muskel μυςmúsculo lihas ماهيچه lihas muscleשריר पेशी, ताकत mišić izom otot vöðvi muscolo 筋肉 근육 raumuo muskulis otot spiermuskelmięsień ماهیچه músculo muşchi мышца, мускул sval mišica mišić muskel กล้ามเนื้อ kas 肌肉 мускул; м'яз پٹّھا ، عضلہ cơ bắp 肌肉
14. to gain entry, or gain a share of something by force. The large firms have muscled in on all the important contracts. indwing يَقْتَحِم أو يُشارِك بالقُوَّه влизам със сила ganhar vedrat se (do) sich rücksichtslos drängen in mase sig ind εισβάλλω, εξασφαλίζω με τη βία entrometerse, inmiscuirse jõuga saavutama وارد شدن tunkeutua s'immiscer לִפרוֹץ בְּכּוֹח बलपूर्वक घुसना prisiliti befurakodik merebut troða sér (inn í e-ð) (imporsi con la forza) 割り込む 억지로 비집고 들어가다 jėga įsibrauti į, pasiglemžti (...
15. músculo, tipo de tejido fibroso capaz de contraerse y que permite el movimiento de las partes y los órganos del cuerpo; cardiac ___ → ___ cardíaco;
16. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.
17. 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.

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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.”

“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 […]”

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

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