| Muscle (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. |
| Muscle (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up. |
| Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development |
| Muscle (n.) See Mussel. |
| contraction muscular contraction / muscle contraction (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
| bodybuilding / anaerobic exercise / muscle building / musclebuilding exercise that builds muscles through tension |
| muscle relaxant a drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions |
| brawn / brawniness / muscle / muscularity / sinew / heftiness possessing muscular strength |
| muscle authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way), "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign" |
| muscle muscular tissue animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
| muscle / musculus one of the contractile organs of the body |
| striated muscle tissue muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes |
| 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 |
| voluntary muscle striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily |