noun. A tendon.

noun. Vigorous strength; muscular power.

noun. The source or mainstay of vitality and strength.

transitive verb. To strengthen with or as if with sinews.

To furnish with sinews; strengthen as by sinews; make robust; harden; steel.

To serve as sinews of; be the support or mainstay of.

To knit or bind strongly; join firmly.

noun. A cord or tendon of the body. See tendon.

noun. A nerve. Compare aponeurosis.

noun. Hence Figuratively, muscle; nerve; nervous energy; strength.

noun. A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.

noun. That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; a mainstay.

transitive verb. To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.

noun. A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

noun. Muscle; nerve.

noun. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.

noun. A cord or tendon of the body.

noun. A nerve.

noun. Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.

noun. A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.

noun. That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of acquiring strength (often plural).

verb. To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

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

noun. possessing muscular strength

"He preaches what he calls the sinew and bone of doctrine, and he is very stern in the pulpit."

sinew-backed bow  sinews of war  

sinewed  sinewing  sinewy  

strength  

antler  artery  backbone  blubber  brawn  

amperage  arm  armipotence  authority  backbone  

tendon  

sinewed  sinewing  sinews