Definition of sinews Sinews
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What does sinews mean?
Wiktionary 
- sinews (Noun)
Plural of sinew.
Part of speech
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| sinew - possessing muscular strength | ||
| brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, heftiness | ||
| strength the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength" | ||
| sinew - a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | ||
| tendon | ||
| connective tissue tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments | ||
| muscle system, muscular structure, musculature the muscular system of an organism | ||
| hamstring, hamstring tendon one of the tendons at the back of the knee | ||
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Wiktionary
- sinew (Noun)
A cord or tendon of the body. - sinew (Noun)
A nerve. - sinew (Noun)
Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power. - sinew (Noun)
A string or chord, as of a musical instrument. - sinew (Noun)
That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength often plural. - sinew (Verb)
To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sinew (n.)
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon. - sinew (n.)
Muscle; nerve. - sinew (n.)
Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. - sinew (v. t.)
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sinew
Tissue that connects muscle to bone.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sinew
sin′ū, n. that which joins a muscle to a bone, a tendon: muscle, nerve: that which supplies vigour.—v.t. to bind as by sinews: to strengthen.—adj. Sin′ewed, furnished with sinews: (Shak.) strong, vigorous.—n. Sin′ewiness, the state or quality of being sinewy.—adjs. Sin′ewless, having no sinews: without strength or power; Sin′ew-shrunk, applied to a horse which has become gaunt-bellied from being overdriven; Sin′ewy, Sin′ewous, furnished with sinews: consisting of, belonging to, or resembling sinews: strong: vigorous.—Sinews of war, money. [A.S. sinu; Ice. sin, Ger. sehne.]
