muscle

n. contracting body tissue; strength; part of the body that is made up of muscles

v. exert strength, force one's way

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Muscle (from Latin musculus "little mouse" ) is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. It is classified as skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscle, and its function is to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs. Much of muscle contraction occurs without conscious thought and is necessary for survival, like the contraction of the heart, or peristalsis (which pushes food through the digestive system). Voluntary muscle contraction is used to move the body, and can be finely controlled, like movements of the eye, or gross movements like the quadriceps muscle of the thigh. There are two broad types of voluntary muscle fibers, slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch fibers contract for long periods of time but with little force while fast twitch fibers contract quickly and powerfully but fatigue very rapidly.
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Muscle /mus·cle/ an organ which by contraction produces movement of an animal organism. abductor muscle of great toe origin, medial tubercle of [more]Muscle - Community and Resources

Noun
1. one of the contractile organs of the body
(synonym) musculus
(hypernym) contractile organ, contractor
(hyponym) skeletal muscle, striated muscle
(part-meronym) muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre
2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
(synonym) muscular tissue
(hypernym) animal tissue
(hyponym) striated muscle tissue
(part-holonym) muscular structure, musculature, muscle system
(class) tonicity, tonus, tone
3. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the druglord had his muscleman to protect him"
(synonym) muscleman
(hypernym) bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
4. authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"
(hypernym) authority, authorization, authorisation, dominance, say-so
5. muscular strength
(synonym) brawn, sinew
(hypernym) strength
Verb
1. make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(derivation) brawn, sinew

n. muscle, contracting body tissue, strength, part of the body that is made up of muscles

adj. sinewy

v. develop the muscles of