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1. muscle
noun. ['ˈmʌsəl'] one of the contractile organs of the body.
Synonyms
Etymology
- muscle (French)
- musculus (Latin)
Rhymes with Muscle
- trussell
- brussel
- tussle
- rustle
- russell
- russel
- nussle
- mussell
- mussel
- hustle
- fussell
- bustle
- bussell
How do you pronounce muscle?
Pronounce muscle as ˈməsəl.
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Sentences with muscle
1. Noun, singular or mass
Toning exercises with or without weights help build lean muscle and minimize loose skin.
Quotes about muscle
1. I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That's why I'm constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning.
- Jarod Kintz, It Occurred to Me
2. Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.
- Philip José Farmer
3. He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.
- Jack London, The Call of the Wild
3. muscle-builder
noun. someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature.
Antonyms
4. muscle
noun. ['ˈmʌsəl'] animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- muscle (French)
- musculus (Latin)
5. muscle
noun. ['ˈmʌsəl'] a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard.
Antonyms
Etymology
- muscle (French)
- musculus (Latin)
6. muscle
noun. ['ˈmʌsəl'] authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- muscle (French)
- musculus (Latin)
7. muscle
noun. ['ˈmʌsəl'] possessing muscular strength.
Synonyms
Etymology
- muscle (French)
- musculus (Latin)