Muscular

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or consisting of muscle.
  • adjective. Having well-developed muscles.
  • adjective. Having or suggesting great forcefulness, especially at the expense of subtlety.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining in any way to muscle or muscles; composing, constituting, or consisting of muscle: as, the muscular system; muscular origin or insertion; muscular fiber or tissue.
  • Done by or dependent upon muscle or muscles: as, muscular action; muscular movement; muscular strength.
  • Well-muscled; having well-developed muscles; strong; sinewy; brawny: as, a muscular man.
  • Figuratively, strong and vigorous.
  • One of the fibers of which muscular tissue is ultimately composed.
  • Synonyms Sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, lusty, vigorous, powerful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles.
  • adjective. Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.
  • adjective. Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous.
  • adjective. one who believes in a part of religious duty to maintain a healthful and vigorous physical state.
  • adjective. An active, robust, and cheerful Christian life, as opposed to a meditative and gloomy one.
  • adjective. that property in virtue of which a muscle shortens, when it is stimulated; irritability; contractility.
  • adjective. muscular sensibility; the sense by which we obtain knowledge of the condition of our muscles and to what extent they are contracted, also of the position of the various parts of our bodies and the resistance offering by external objects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
  • adjective. Brawny, having strength.
  • adjective. Having large, well-developed muscles.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
  • adjective. having or suggesting great physical power or force
  • adjective. having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
  • adjective. of or relating to or consisting of muscle
  • Word Usage
    "These are known as the _striated_, or striped, muscular tissue; the _non-striated_, or plain, muscular tissue; and the _muscular tissue of the heart_."
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    athletic  lean  nervous  physical  sinewy  
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