ALL meanings of muscle
mus·cle
M m - noun muscle body tissue 1
- noun muscle enforcers, mob 1
- noun muscle A band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body. 1
- noun muscle ability to enforce 1
- noun muscle muscular organ 1
- noun muscle small car: powerful 1
- transitive verb muscle strong arm sth 1
- noun muscle a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 1
- noun muscle an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a particular movement. 1
- noun muscle muscular strength; brawn: It will take a great deal of muscle to move this box. 1
- noun muscle power or force, especially of a coercive nature: They put muscle into their policy and sent the marines. 1
- noun muscle lean meat. 1
- noun muscle Slang. a hired thug or thugs. a bodyguard or bodyguards: a gangster protected by muscle. 1
- noun muscle a necessary or fundamental thing, quality, etc.: The editor cut the muscle from the article. 1
- verb with object muscle Informal. to force or compel others to make way for: He muscled his way into the conversation. 1
- verb with object muscle to make more muscular: The dancing lessons muscled her legs. 1
- verb with object muscle to strengthen or toughen; put muscle into. 1
- verb with object muscle Informal. to accomplish by muscular force: to muscle the partition into place. 1
- verb with object muscle Informal. to force or compel, as by threats, promises, influence, or the like: to muscle a bill through Congress. 1
- verb without object muscle Informal. to make one's way by force or fraud (often followed by in or into). 1
- adjective muscle Informal. (of a machine, engine, or vehicle) being very powerful or capable of high-speed performance: a muscle power saw. 1
- variable noun muscle A muscle is a piece of tissue inside your body which connects two bones and which you use when you make a movement. 0
- uncountable noun muscle If you say that someone has muscle, you mean that they have power and influence, which enables them to do difficult things. 0
- noun muscle a tissue composed of bundles of elongated cells capable of contraction and relaxation to produce movement in an organ or part 0
- noun muscle an organ composed of muscle tissue 0
- noun muscle strength or force 0
- verb muscle to force one's way (in) 0
- noun muscle any of the body organs consisting of bundles of cells or fibers that can be contracted and expanded to produce bodily movements 0
- noun muscle the tissue making up such an organ 0
- noun muscle muscular strength; brawn 0
- noun muscle power or influence, esp. when based on force or threats of force 0
- intransitive verb muscle to make one's way or take control by sheer strength or force, or threats of force 0
- verb transitive muscle to move (something) by, or as by, muscular exertion 0
- verb transitive muscle to influence, pressure, etc. by force or threat of force 0