MUSCLE, AS A NOUN
Noun
muscle (countable and uncountable, plural muscles)
- (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. synonym ▲quotations ▼
Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
Synonym: thew
- (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue. quotations ▼
- (uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise. quotations ▼
- (uncountable, figurative) Strength, force. quotations ▼
- (uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards. quotations ▼
Alternative forms
- muscule (obsolete)
Hyponyms
- Types of muscles: See Category:en:Muscles
Derived terms
- abdominal muscle
- abdominoscrotal muscle
- abducens muscle
- anterior auricular muscle
- anterior scalene muscle
- arytenoid muscle
- auricular muscle
- beer muscles
- caninus muscle
- cardiac muscle
- ciliary muscle
- cricoarytenoid muscle
- cricothyroid muscle
- delayed onset muscle soreness
- delayed-onset muscle soreness
- deltoideus muscle
- deltoid muscle
- digastric muscle
- external oblique muscle
- extraocular muscle
- geniohyoid muscle
- gym muscles
- hired muscle
- inferior oblique muscle
- internal oblique muscle
- involuntary muscle
- iris dilator muscle
- jaw muscle
- lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
- lateral pterygoid muscle
- love muscle
- make a muscle
- medial pterygoid muscle
- middle scalene muscle
- Molson muscle
- Müller's muscle
- Muscle Beach
- musclebound
- muscle-bound
- muscle boy
- muscle car
- muscle confusion
- muscled
- muscledom
- muscled up
- muscle dysmorphia
- muscle-eye-brain disease
- muscle fiber
- muscle fibre
- muscleful
- muscle god
- muscle in
- muscle in on
- muscleless
- muscleman
- muscle man
- muscle Mary
- muscle memory
- muscle morph
- muscle of mastication
- muscle reading
- muscle relaxant
- muscle shirt
- musclesome
- muscle tone
- muscle-up
- muscle up
- muscle woman
- muscly
- muscular
- muscularity
- musculature
- mylohyoid muscle
- oblique muscle
- omohyoid muscle
- on the muscle
- papillary muscle
- pectoral muscle
- posterior auricular muscle
- posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
- posterior scalene muscle
- pterygoid muscle
- rectus muscle
- scalene muscle
- skeletal muscle
- smooth muscle
- sternocleidomastoid muscle
- sternohyoid muscle
- sternothyroid muscle
- striated muscle
- striped muscle
- stylohyoid muscle
- superior auricular muscle
- superior oblique muscle
- superior tarsal muscle
- temporal muscle
- temporoparietalis muscle
- thyroarytenoid muscle
- thyrohyoid muscle
- triangularis muscle
- voluntary muscle
- white muscle disease