Muscle | Mean of muscle in English Dictionary

/ˈmʌsəl/

• Noun
• a body tissue that can contract and produce movement
1. the muscles of the arm
2. stomach muscles
3. flex a muscle
4. relax a muscle
5. an athlete with bulging/rippling muscles
6. He pulled/tore/strained a muscle playing tennis.
7. She has a strained muscle in her back.
8. Wait here and don't move a muscle. [=don't move at all]
9. She started lifting weights to build muscle.
10. muscle fiber(s)/tissue
11. muscle spasms
12. an athlete practicing to develop muscle memory [=the ability to repeat a bodily movement exactly]
13. a muscle relaxant [=a drug that relaxes muscles]
• physical strength
1. She doesn't have the muscle to lift something so heavy.
2. To clean that floor you have to put some muscle into it. [=you have to make a forceful effort]
• power and influence
1. He lacks the political muscle [=clout] to get the policy changed.
• Verb

• to move (something) by using physical strength and force
1. They muscled the heavy boxes onto the truck.
2. They muscled the furniture up the stairs.
3. She was muscled [=forced] out of office by political opponents.
4. He helped muscle the bill through Congress.
• to move forward by using physical force
1. He muscled through the crowd.
2. They muscled into line behind us.
3. He muscled his way through the crowd. [=he moved ahead by pushing and forcing people to move out of the way]
• to use force or influence in a way that is wrong or unwanted in order to become involved in something for selfish reasons
1. His competitors have tried to muscle in on his business.