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English noun: muscle | |||
| 1. | muscle (body) one of the contractile organs of the body | ||
| Synonyms | musculus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contractile organ, contractor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anatomical sphincter, antagonistic muscle, eye muscle, involuntary muscle, levator, ocular muscle, pronator, rectus, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, sphincter, sphincter muscle, striated muscle, supinator, tensor | ||
| Part holonym | muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre | ||
| 2. | muscle (body) animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells | ||
| Synonyms | muscular tissue | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal tissue | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cardiac muscle, heart muscle, smooth muscle, striated muscle tissue | ||
| Part meronym | muscle system, muscular structure, musculature | ||
| Domain category members | tone, tonicity, tonus | ||
| 3. | muscle (person) a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard | ||
| Samples | The drug lord had his muscleman to protect him. | ||
| Synonyms | muscleman | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo | ||
| 4. | muscle (attribute) authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) | ||
| Samples | The senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so | ||
| 5. | muscle (attribute) possessing muscular strength | ||
| Synonyms | brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strength | ||
English verb: muscle | |||
| 1. | muscle (motion) make one's way by force | ||
| Samples | He muscled his way into the office. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
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