Definition of sinew

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Sinew (n.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

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Sinewed :: Sinewed (a.) Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth..
Collagen :: Collagen (n.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber..
Sinewy :: Sinewy (a.) Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax..
Stout :: Stout (superl.) Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless..
Sinew :: Sinew (n.) Muscle; nerve.
Sinew :: Sinew (n.) Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews..
Insinew :: Insinew (v. t.) To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..
Sinewing :: Sinewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sine.
Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Sinewed :: Sinewed (imp. & p. p.) of Sine.
Sinewed :: Sinewed (a.) Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.
Tendinous :: Tendinous (a.) Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body..
Sinewless :: Sinewless (a.) Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor..
Thewy :: Thewy (a.) Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
Nervy :: Nervy (superl. -) Strong; sinewy.
Sinewy :: Sinewy (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews..
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