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Muscle

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Noun

1. muscle, musculus

one of the contractile organs of the body

2. muscle, muscular tissue

animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

3. muscle, muscleman

a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

Example Sentences:
'the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him'

4. muscle

authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

Example Sentences:
'the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign'

5. brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew

possessing muscular strength

Verb

6. muscle

make one's way by force

Example Sentences:
'He muscled his way into the office'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Muscle

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noun
1. 
a tissue composed of bundles of elongated cells capable of contraction and relaxation to produce movement in an organ or part
2. 
an organ composed of muscle tissue
3. 
strength or force
verb
4. (intr; often foll by in, on, etc) informal
to force one's way (in)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Muscle

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noun
1. 
any of the body organs consisting of bundles of cells or fibers that can be contracted and expanded to produce bodily movements
2. 
the tissue making up such an organ
3. 
muscular strength; brawn
4.  US, Informal
power or influence, esp. when based on force or threats of force
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈmuscled or ˈmuscling
5.  US, Informal
to make one's way or take control by sheer strength or force, or threats of force
usually with in
verb transitive Informal
6. 
to move (something) by, or as by, muscular exertion
7. 
to influence, pressure, etc. by force or threat of force

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Muscle

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n.
1. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.
2. A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body: the heart muscle; the muscles of the arm.
3. Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper.
4. Informal Power or authority: put some muscle into law enforcement.
v. mus·cled, mus·cling, mus·cles
v.intr.
To make one's way by or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.
v.tr.
To move or force with strength: muscled legislation through Congress.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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