muscle

muscle is on the Basic English 850 List.

much - muscle - music

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭʹsəl, IPA ^(key): /ˈmʌ.səl/, IPA ^(key): /ˈmʌ.sl̩/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: mussel

Noun

Singular muscle

Plural muscles

1. (countable) A muscle is a part of the body of a person or animal. It's a part that pulls to make parts of the body move.

   He can lift heavy things because he has strong muscles.

Verb

Plain form muscle

Third-person singular muscles

Past tense muscled

Past participle muscled

Present participle muscling

1. To muscle is to use strength or muscles to do something.
   • Synonym: force

   He muscled his way into the room between the people who were trying to stop him.

Related words

• muscled

Parts of the body (edit)
head	ears - eyes - eyebrow - nose - mouth - lips - tongue - tooth (pl. teeth) - cheeks - chin
torso	neck - throat - shoulders - chest - breasts - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back
internal organs	heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus/womb
extremities	arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes
sex organs	penis - vagina - testicle - ovary - vulva