muscly


mus·cle

M0491300 (mŭs′əl)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.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mūsculus, diminutive of mūs, mouse; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.]
mus′cly adj.
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