muscle
noun
[ ˈmʌs(ə)l ]
• 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.
• "the calf muscle"
• physical power; strength.
• "he had muscle but no brains"
Similar:
strength,
power,
muscularity,
brawn,
brawniness,
burliness,
huskiness,
beef,
beefiness,
thew,
muscle
verb
• move (an object) in a particular direction by using one's physical strength.
• "they were muscling baggage into the hold of the plane"
Origin:
late Middle English: from French, from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus ‘mouse’ (some muscles being thought to be mouse-like in form).
