SINEW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Possessing muscular strength

Synonyms:

brawn; brawniness; heftiness; muscle; muscularity; sinew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sinew" is a kind of...):

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Derivation:

sinewy ((of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

Synonyms:

sinew; tendon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sinew" is a kind of...):

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)

Meronyms (substance of "sinew"):

collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinew"):

hamstring; hamstring tendon (one of the tendons at the back of the knee)

Achilles tendon; tendon of Achilles (a large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf)

Holonyms ("sinew" is a part of...):

muscle system; muscular structure; musculature (the muscular system of an organism)

Derivation:

sinewy (consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon)

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Context examples:

It is allowed, that senates and great councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant humours; with many diseases of the head, and more of the heart; with strong convulsions, with grievous contractions of the nerves and sinews in both hands, but especially the right; with spleen, flatus, vertigos, and deliriums; with scrofulous tumours, full of fetid purulent matter; with sour frothy ructations: with canine appetites, and crudeness of digestion, besides many others, needless to mention.