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Definition: Muscle |
MuscleNoun1. One of the contractile organs of the body. 2. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells. 3. Muscular strength. Verb1. Make one's way by force: "He muscled his way into the office". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "muscle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Muscle \Mus"cle\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression musculus muscle, little mouse, diminutive of mus mouse. See Mouse, and compare to sense (below).]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing your muscle well developed, you will have strange encounters with enemies, but you will succeed in surmounting their evil works, and gain fortune. If they are shrunken, your inability to succeed in your affairs is portended. For a woman, this dream is prophetic of toil and hardships. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Muscle is a tissue type found in the bodies of animals . The purpose of muscle is to move a part of the body, often by applying force to the bones. Muscles do this by contracting and relaxing. Contraction is stimulated by electrical impulses transmitted by the nerves, and by the motor nerves and motoneurons in particlular. Muscles and muscular activity account for a lot of the body's energy consumption.There are three general types of muscle:
These three types of cellss have many differences, but all use the movement of actin against myosin to produce contraction.
- skeletal muscle - a fusion of cells (multinucleated), often voluntary (over 600 in the human body). These enable movement and locomotion.
- smooth muscle - involuntary, such as in the intestines and blood vessels. Surrounds the alimentary canal and most arteries and veins; single, uninucleate fibers.
- cardiac muscle - involuntary but striated, present in the heart.
The structure of muscles starts from a basic unit of sacromere which is composed of actin and myosin. Sarcomere are area between Z-lines; shortens during contraction actin myofilaments are thin; myosin are thick (each has "heads" motor neuron stimulus). Sarcomeres line up to make myofibril. Many myobrils are joined together to form a muscle fiber. Muscle fiber are grouped together to form muscle fiber bundles. These bundles are then come together to form muscles.
How skeletal muscle works
- belly of muscle - fibers - myofibrils - myofilaments connective tissue sheaths; sarcolemma
- The strength of skeletal muscle is directly proportional to its cross-sectional area. The strength of a body, however, is determined by biomechanical principles (the distance between muscle insertions and joints, muscle size, and so on).
Fast and Slow skeletal muscle fibers
Motor skills are the abilities of proper use of the muscles. They depend also on the proper functioning of the brain, nerves and joints, and the bones being intact. One application of motor skills is locomotion.
- red (slow) fibers have many mitochondria; extra stored oxygen in myoglobin; "dark" meat of chickens; endurance
- white (fast) fibers; fewer mitochondria, etc. short, powerful contractions; but fatigue easily (why Arnold Schwartzeneger can't run a marathon); "white" meat of ducks
Dexterity is the ability of a person to manipulate objects. It relies on good hand to eye coordination. A criminal application is pickpocketing.
See also : myotomy, sphincter, list of muscles in the human body
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Muscle."
Synonyms: MuscleSynonyms: brawn (n), muscular tissue (n), musculus (n), sinew (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: muscling (medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Strength | Stoutness; Adjective: lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virtility, vitality. |
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Screenplays | No, I'm Lee's new muscle. And don't let this robe fool you, this is the only color they had left (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson) The muscle! (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price) Nobody move a muscle. (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman) Guys, hitting is not about muscle. It's simple physics (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Bring your muscle queens around anytime (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra) | |
Lyrics | Muscle man, I want to love you (Muscles; performing artist: Diana Ross) No muscle bound man could take my hand from my guy ("My Guy"; performing artist: Mary Wells) A poor man's made outta muscle and blood ("Sixteen Tons"; performing artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Don't Hustle an Ant with Muscle (1970) Muscle Beach Party (1964) Guided Muscle (1955) Muscle Tussle (1953) | |
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 | Shows illustration of breast structure: rib, muscle, lobes, ducts, nipple, areola, fat. (8x10 negative). Credit: Susan Spangler (artist). |  | Line drawing showing the lining of the GI tract: colorectal (muscularis). The walls of the digestive tract have four layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and serosa. The inner-most layer is the mucosa, a membrane that forms a continuous lining of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. In the large bowel, this tissue contains cells that produce mucus to lubricate and protect the smooth inner surface of the bowel wall. Connective tissue and muscle separate the muscosa from the second layer, the submucosa, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and mucus-producing glands. Next to the submucosa is the muscularis externa, consisting of two layers of muscle fibers-one that runs lengthwise and one that encircles the bowel. The fourth layer, the serosa, is a thin membrane that produces fluid to lubricate the outer surface of the bowel so that it can slide against adjacent organs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Gross fixed autopsy specimen of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Yellowish-white fat replaces normally reddish-brown skeletal muscle. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells. Credit: CDC. |
 | The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons. Credit: CDC. |  | When the neurons themselves die Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC. |
 | When spinal neurons die, Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC. |  | Such disease processes such as neuronal demyelination can leave an individual with permanent muscle weakness, and even paralysis. Credit: CDC. |
 | Harbor seals on Muscle Ridge Island. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Osmotic compression is used to determine the radial force generated by attached acto-myosin crossbridges in a muscle. (Picture courtesy Leepo Yu, NIH). Credit: NICHD. |
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 | Hot rod; muscle car; engine; rev; revving; 8-cylinder; fast; drag racing; car racing; brash; brassy; brazen; chintzy; coarse; crass; crude; flamboyant; flashy; garish; gaudy; glaring; lurid; meretricious; obnoxious; obtrusive; ostentatious; raucous; rude. |
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Henry Ward Beecher | It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. |
Leonardo Da Vinci | The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. |
Martin Tupper | Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence. |
Thomas Carlyle | Have a purpose in life...and having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into thy work as has been given thee. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Genuflexion before the idol or the dollar atrophies the muscle which walks and the will which goes |
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Health | You may have muscle cramps. (references) | |
Your bladder is another muscle. (references) | ||
Muscle weakness may also develop. (references) | ||
Business | With many of the hurdles to market entry eliminated, companies providing voice telephony services must rely on their marketing muscle to develop market share. (references) | |
Abdominal (Back & Neck) machines, upper and lower torso machines, and 45-degree bench presses are the basic elements of a gym, using mechanics to exercise different muscle groups. (references) | ||
Tread mills, tonometers, ultrasound inhalers, respiratory muscle training equipment, equipment for physical, ozone and hypoxia therapy, sleep therapy devices, orthopedic products are also produced at the domestic enterprises. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | Local pork muscle meat is of quality comparable to that of the US and other countries, and it is considerably cheaper than imports. (references) |
Pakistan | Enforcement of the competition law in Pakistan is under the jurisdiction of the Monopoly Control Authority, an independent regulatory authority, which lacks enforcement muscle. (references) | |
Honduras | The three smaller registered parties--the Christian Democratic Party, the Innovation and National Unity Party, and the Democratic Unification Party--have increased their political muscle in the National Congress by doubling their representation. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and views that madden to crime. The genus has a wide geographical distribution, being found wherever sought and deplored wherever found. The maiden is not altogether unpleasing to the eye, nor (without her piano and her views) insupportable to the ear, though in respect to comeliness distinctly inferior to the rainbow, and, with regard to the part of her that is audible, bleating out of the field by the canary -- which, also, is more portable. A lovelorn maiden she sat and sang -- This quaint, sweet song sang she; "It's O for a youth with a football bang And a muscle fair to see! The Captain he Of a team to be! On the gridiron he shall shine, A monarch by right divine, And never to roast on it -- me!" Opoline Jones |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | On the survey of the Muscle Shoals, in the Tennessee River, and for a route for a contemplated communication between the Hiwassee and Coosa rivers, in the State of Alabama. |
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| "Muscle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.43% of the time. "Muscle" is used about 1,749 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.43% | 1,739 | 4,835 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.51% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,749 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "muscle": abducens muscle ♦ abducens oculi muscle ♦ abducent muscle ♦ abductor muscle ♦ adducens oculi muscle ♦ adductor muscle ♦ anconeous muscle ♦ antagonistic muscle ♦ anterior serratus muscle ♦ articular muscle ♦ axial muscle ♦ Bruecke muscle ♦ Bruecke's muscle ♦ buccinator muscle ♦ cardiac muscle ♦ cheek muscle ♦ ciliary muscle ♦ cowl muscle ♦ Deltoid muscle ♦ depressor muscle ♦ extensor muscle ♦ external rectus muscle ♦ eye muscle ♦ facial muscle ♦ flexor muscle ♦ gastrocnemius muscle ♦ gluteal muscle ♦ gluteus muscle ♦ great adductor muscle ♦ greater pectoral muscle ♦ greater rhomboid muscle ♦ he didn't move a muscle ♦ heart muscle ♦ Horner muscle ♦ inferior rectus muscle ♦ intercostal muscle ♦ involuntary muscle ♦ jaw muscle ♦ lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi muscle ♦ lateral rectus muscle ♦ lesser rhomboid muscle ♦ Masseter Muscle ♦ medial rectus muscle ♦ meridional fibres of the ciliary muscle ♦ muscle ache ♦ Muscle atrophy ♦ muscle bound ♦ muscle cell ♦ Muscle Contraction ♦ Muscle Cramp ♦ Muscle cramps ♦ muscle curve ♦ Muscle Denervation ♦ Muscle Fatigue ♦ muscle fiber ♦ Muscle Fibers ♦ muscle fibre ♦ Muscle Hypertonia ♦ Muscle Hypotonia ♦ muscle in ♦ muscle into ♦ muscle memory ♦ Muscle Neoplasms ♦ muscle plasma ♦ muscle power ♦ Muscle problems ♦ Muscle Proteins ♦ muscle reading ♦ muscle relaxant ♦ Muscle Relaxation ♦ Muscle Rigidity ♦ muscle sense ♦ muscle serum ♦ Muscle Shoals ♦ Muscle spasm ♦ Muscle Spasticity ♦ Muscle Spindles ♦ muscle strength ♦ muscle sugar ♦ muscle synergism ♦ muscle synergy ♦ muscle system ♦ Muscle tension ♦ muscle tensor tympani ♦ Muscle testing ♦ muscle tissue ♦ muscle tone ♦ Muscle Tonus ♦ Muscle wasting ♦ Muscle Weakness ♦ not to move a muscle ♦ oblique eye muscle ♦ oblique muscle ♦ ocular muscle ♦ palmar muscle ♦ papillary muscle ♦ pathetic muscle ♦ pectoral muscle ♦ posterior serratus muscle ♦ psoas muscle ♦ pterygoid muscle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "muscle": muscle-boosting, muscle-bound, muscle-brains, muscle-building, muscle-corded, muscle-fiber, muscle-flexing, muscle-forming, muscle-free, muscle-grass, muscle-hugging, muscle-like, muscle-man, muscle-men, muscle-packed, muscle-power, muscle-pulls, muscle-roped, muscle-spasm, muscle-specific, muscle-strengthening, muscle-stretching, muscle-tearing, muscle-tensing, muscle-tone, muscle-wasting, muscle-wise, muscle-withering, muscle-wrenching. | |
Ending with "muscle": flight-muscle, non-muscle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
muscle car | 7,245 | muscle spasms | 391 |
muscle | 6,396 | muscle girl | 388 |
muscle and fitness | 2,922 | muscle mag | 381 |
muscle man | 2,695 | teen muscle guy | 373 |
muscle building | 1,165 | build muscle | 373 |
female muscle | 1,090 | muscle elegance | 358 |
teen muscle | 1,058 | muscle growth | 348 |
big muscle | 1,055 | muscle cramp | 325 |
muscle car for sale | 1,043 | muscle shirt | 311 |
gay muscle | 1,010 | classic muscle car | 303 |
muscle hunk | 871 | muscle machine | 288 |
muscle woman | 806 | muscle gain | 286 |
andys muscle goddess | 713 | muscle worship | 281 |
ultimate muscle | 553 | muscle marketing | 276 |
muscle pain | 547 | muscle disease | 270 |
muscle magazine | 530 | muscle gallery | 256 |
andys muscle | 457 | muscle babe | 256 |
muscle mass | 434 | muscle guy | 251 |
muscle and fitness magazine | 416 | muscle and fitness hers | 251 |
male muscle | 410 | nude muscle man | 247 |
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| Language | Translations for "muscle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | muskul (brawn), forcë (coercion, effect, emphasis, energy, force, intensity, might, mightiness, nerve, pith, potency, power, puissance, strain, strength, vigor, vigour, violence). (various references) | |
Arabic | تدخل في غير ما يجب, تدخل بالقوة, عضلة, العضلة (contractility), شق طريقه عنوة. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | apotstsiinaan. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), мускулна сила, мускул, мощ (energy, might, mightiness, momentum, potency, power, strength, vigor, vigour). (various references) | |
Catalan | muscul. (various references) | |
Chamorro | gugat. (various references) | |
Chinese | 肌肉 (flesh). (various references) | |
Cornish | keher. (various references) | |
Czech | sval (brawn, extensor). (various references) | |
Danish | muskel. (various references) | |
Dutch | spier (blade, stalk). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | ñutu. (various references) | |
Esperanto | muskolo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vøddi. (various references) | |
Farsi | ماهیچه (Brawn), نیروی عضلانی (Brawn), عضله , بزورواردشدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | lihas. (various references) | |
French | muscle. (various references) | |
Frisian | spier. (various references) | |
German | Muskel (myo). (various references) | |
Greek | κογχύλιο (cockle, conch), μύς, μυώνασ, μυσ του σώματοσ, μυσ (brawn, flexor), ποντίκι (biceps, mouse, mouse (mice)). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שריר (enduring, firm, sinew, strong). (various references) | |
Hungarian | izom (brawn, muscular, sinew). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vöðvi. (various references) | |
Indonesian | urat (vein), otot (sinew), asabat (nerve, sinew). (various references) | |
Italian | muscolo (brawn). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 筋肉 (sinew), 筋肉 (sinew), 筋 (line, plan, plot, sinew, string, stripe). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すじ (line, plan, plot, sinew, string, stripe), き"にく (sinew). (various references) | |
Korean | 근육 (Muscular). (various references) | |
Malay | urat. (various references) | |
Manx | muskyl. (various references) | |
Maya | mis. (various references) | |
Papiamen | múskolo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | usclemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | músculo (beef, brawn). (various references) | |
Romanian | muscular (muscular), muşchi (fillet, moss, motor, muscularity, musculation, musculature, sinew, sirloin, tenderloin, thews). (various references) | |
Romansch | muscul. (various references) | |
Romany | mooskoolis. (various references) | |
Russian | мускул;мышца, мускул (thews), мышца. (various references) | |
Sepedi | moaifa. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mišić. (various references) | |
Shona | tsandanyama. (various references) | |
Spanish | músculo (brawn). (various references) | |
Swedish | muskel (sinew). (various references) | |
Thai | กำลังของกล้ามเนื้อ, กล้ามเนื้อ. (various references) | |
Turkish | adale (beef, myo-). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сила (agency, cloud, efficacy, force, iron, nerve, pith, potence, potency, power, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, wealth), вторгатися (encroach, encroach on, penetrate), мускул (nerve), м'яз. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bắp thịt (brawn). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyhyryn (piece of flesh), cyhyr (flesh). (various references) | |
Zulu | umsipha. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | musculus, nervus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Aneteilen de autw o hlioV hnika parhlqen to eidoV tou qeou autoV de epeskazen tw mhrw autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quam ob causam non comedunt filii Israhel nervum qui emarcuit in femore Iacob usque in praesentem diem eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris eius et obstipuerit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For what cause the children of Israel eten not synwe, that wexe drie in the hipe of Jacob, vnto the day that is now, therthury that he towchide the synwe of his hipe, and it was stoneyd. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Wherfore the childern of Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye vnto this daye: because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that shroncke. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrunk, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrunk. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | Tungod niini dili magakaon ang mga anak sa Israel, hangtud karong adlawa, sa kusog nga mibinhod, nga anaa sa piyakpiyak sa balat-ang: kay naigo si Jacob niini nga bahin sa balat-ang niya sa kusog sa kilid. |
| Croatian | Sunce je nad njim bilo ogranulo kad je prošao Penuel. Hramao je zbog kuka. |
| Danish | Derfor undlader Israeliterne endnu den Dag i Dag at spise Hoftenerven, der ligger over Hofteskålen, thi han gav Jakob et Slag på Hofteskålen, på Hoftenerven. |
| Dutch | Daarom eten de kinderen Israels de verrukte zenuw niet, die op het gewricht der heup is, tot op dezen dag, omdat Hij het gewricht van Jakobs heup aangeroerd had, aan de verrukte zenuw. |
| Finnish | Sentähden israelilaiset eivät vielä tänäkään päivänä syö reisijännettä, joka kulkee lonkkaluun yli; sillä hän iski Jaakobia lonkkaluuhun, reisijänteen kohdalle. |
| French | C`est pourquoi jusqu` ce jour, les enfants d`Israël ne mangent point le tendon qui est l`emboîture de la hanche; car Dieu frappa Jacob l`emboîture de la hanche, au tendon. |
| German | Daher essen die Kinder Israel keine Spannader auf dem Gelenk der Hüfte bis auf den heutigen Tag, darum daß die Spannader an dem Gelenk der Hüfte Jakobs angerührt ward. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sampai sekarang pun keturunan Israel tidak makan daging yang menutupi sendi pinggul binatang, karena Yakub telah kena pukulan pada pinggulnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebab itu sampai pada hari ini tiada dimakan oleh bani Israel akan urat kerukut, yang pada pangkal paha, sebab telah dipegangnya pangkal paha Yakub pada tempat urat kerukut itu. |
| Maori | Koia nga tama a Iharaira te kai ai i te uaua i memenge, ara i tera i te ateatenga o te huha, a tae noa ki tenei ra: no te mea hoki i pa ia ki te ateatenga o te huha o Hakopa, ki te uaua i memenge. |
| Norwegian | Derfor er det så den dag idag at Israels barn aldrig eter spennesenen som er på hofteskålen, fordi han rørte ved Jakobs hofteskål på spennesenen. |
| Rumanian | Iatq de ce, pknq kn ziua de azi, Israeliyii nu mqnkncq vkna de la kncheietura coapsei; cqci Dumnezeu a lovit pe Iacov la kncheietura coapsei kn vknq. |
| Swedish | Fördenskull äta Israels barn ännu i dag icke höftsenan som ligger på höftleden, därför nämligen, att han gav Jakob ett slag på höftleden, på höftsenan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "muscle": musclebound, muscled, muscles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "muscle": outmuscle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "muscle": outmuscled, outmuscles, overmuscled. (additional references) | |
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"Muscle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: buscle, Maschler, Maskel, masle, mesclum, mesclun, miscel, miscle, morcle, mosflm, mostle, Muckla, mucle, muclei, mucsle, Muecke, mulcle, musale, Musalia, muscel, musclar, Muscoli, museli, Musella, Musicke, musicly, Muslab, muslce, musle, mussle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "muscle" (pronounced mu"sul) |
| 5 | m u" s u l | mussel. |
| 4 | -u" s u l | bustle, hustle, rustle, tussle. |
| 3 | -s u l | antimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bristle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, imbecile, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, Thistle, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-m-s-u" | |
-1 letter: clues, culms, luces, mules. | |
-2 letters: cels, clue, cues, culm, ecus, elms, emus, luce, lues, lums, mels, mule, muse, scum, slue, slum. | |
-3 letters: cel, cue, cum, ecu, elm, els, ems, emu, leu, lum, mel, mus, sec, sel, sue, sum, use. | |
-4 letters: el, em, es, me, mu, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-m-s-u" | |
+1 letter: almuces, lyceums, macules, mesclun, muckles, mulches, muscled, muscles, scumble. | |
+2 letters: calumets, clumbers, clumsier, coliseum, columels, crumbles, crumples, leucomas, mescluns, muscadel, muscatel, musicale, scumbled, scumbles, scumlike, speculum. | |
+3 letters: calumnies, clumpiest, clumsiest, coliseums, colosseum, cumulates, dulcimers, electrums, lemniscus, leucemias, leukemics, luminesce, luteciums, maculates, majuscule, masculine, miniscule, minuscule, molecules, mucilages, muscadels, muscatels, musicales, outmuscle, plectrums, schlumped, scutellum, simulacre, speculums. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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