muscle

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. one of the contractile organs of the body (Freq. 43)
• Syn:
musculus
• Hypernyms:
contractile organ, contractor
• Hyponyms:
skeletal muscle, striated muscle, pronator, supinator, levator,
antagonistic muscle, ocular muscle, eye muscle, rectus, smooth muscle, involuntary muscle,
sphincter, anatomical sphincter, sphincter muscle, tensor
• Part Meronyms:
muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre
2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
muscular tissue
• Derivationally related forms:
muscular
• Members of this Topic:
tonicity, tonus, tone
• Hypernyms:
animal tissue
• Hyponyms:
striated muscle tissue, cardiac muscle, heart muscle, smooth muscle
• Part Holonyms:
muscular structure, musculature, muscle system
3. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
- the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him
• Syn:
muscleman
• Hypernyms:
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
• Hypernyms:
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
5. possessing muscular strength
• Syn:
brawn, brawniness, muscularity, sinew, heftiness
• Derivationally related forms:
sinewy (for: sinew), muscular (for: muscularity), muscular, brawny (for: brawniness), brawny (for: brawn)
• Hypernyms:
strength

II - verb

make one's way by force
- He muscled his way into the office
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brawn, brawniness, muscularity, sinew, heftiness, muscleman, muscular tissue, musculus