muscle

Noun
  1. One of the contractile organs of the body (synset 105296796)
    is a type of: contractile organ, contractor - a bodily organ that contracts
    subtypes:
    • skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
    • pronator - a muscle that produces or assists in pronation
    • supinator - a muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination
    • levator - a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
    • antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
    • eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball
    • rectus - any of various straight muscles
    • involuntary muscle, smooth muscle - a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
    • anatomical sphincter, sphincter, sphincter muscle - a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
    • tensor - any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
    has: muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre - an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
    same as: musculus
  2. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (synset 105296556)
    associated with: tone, tonicity, tonus - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
    is a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
    subtypes:
    is a part of: muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism
    same as: muscular tissue
  3. A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard (synset 110359063)
    "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"
    is a type of: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo - a cruel and brutal fellow
    same as: muscleman
  4. Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) (synset 105205400)
    "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"
    is a type of: authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so - the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  5. Possessing muscular strength (synset 105037584)
    is a type of: strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong
    same as: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew
Verb
  1. Make one's way by force (synset 202023283)
    "He muscled his way into the office"
    is a type of: pass - go across or through

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