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sinew

[sin-yoo]

noun

  1. a tendon.

  2. Often sinews. the source of strength, power, or vigor.

    the sinews of the nation.

  3. strength; power; resilience.

    a man of great moral sinew.



verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with sinews; strengthen, as by sinews.

sinew

/ ˈɪː /

noun

  1. anatomy another name for tendon

  2. (often plural)

    1. a source of strength or power

    2. a literary word for muscle

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sinewless adjective
  • unsinewed adjective
  • unsinewing adjective
  • ˈԱɱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sinew1

before 900; Middle English; Old English sinu (nominative), sinuwe (genitive); cognate with Dutch zenuw, German Sehne, Old Norse sin; akin to Sanskrit sinew
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sinew1

Old English sionu; related to Old Norse sin, Old Saxon sinewa, Old High German senawa sinew, Lettish pasainis string
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“Fox” has the bones of a potboiler but is supported by the sinew of the author’s elegant structure and syntax.

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“To have had the opportunity to come back and to really play, discover, and put flesh and blood and sinew and heartbeat into this woman, to really fill her out,” O’Reilly says.

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But the Gloucester lock's superb restart take,, external all arched back, strained sinew and single-paw dexterity, early against Exeter bore more than a bit of a resemblance.

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The summit in London was an attempt by the prime minister both to calm diplomatic brows and stiffen diplomatic sinews.

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But so much of the sort of sinew or the connective tissue between scenes and sequences comes from a process of yes and, yes and, yes and, which is the first rule of improv.

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