brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness
(noun) possessing muscular strength
tendon, sinew
(noun) a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sinew (plural sinews)
(anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
(figuratively, often, in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
(anatomy, obsolete) A nerve.
• (cord or string): twine
sinew (third-person singular simple present sinews, present participle sinewing, simple past and past participle sinewed)
(transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"ew, n. Etym: [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan. sene; cf. Skr. snava. sq. root290.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] Sir J. Davies.
3. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.
Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.
Sin"ew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sinewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinewing.]
Definition: To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. Shak. Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
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