muscle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

   “Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.”

2. isim An organ composed of muscle tissue.

   “His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles. They seemed to ripple and string tense.”

3. isim A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.

   “2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.”

4. isim Strength, force.

   “The widely-backed campaign to recall Evan Mecham as governor of Arizona gained even more muscle when the state House of Representatives voted to impeach the ultraconservative on February 5.”

5. isim Hired strongmen or bodyguards.

   “It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle.”

6. fiil To use force to make progress, especially physical force.

   “He muscled his way through the crowd.”

7. fiil To move forcefully or with great strength.

   “She muscled through the ruins.”