sinew
a tendon.
Often sinews. the source of strength, power, or vigor: the sinews of the nation.
strength; power; resilience: a man of great moral sinew.
to furnish with sinews; strengthen, as by sinews.
Origin of sinew
1Other words from sinew
- sin·ew·less, adjective
- un·sin·ewed, adjective
- un·sin·ew·ing, adjective
Words Nearby sinew
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How to use sinew in a sentence
Its frame is still thick with sinew, and there’s some kind of membrane around its chest cavity, which lights up.
But I personally started to feel disrespected, that that caused me—because of my heart, my sinew—to overreact.
The butcher sawed excruciatingly slowly through bone and sinew.
For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThese arrow-heads have generally a shoulder where the arrow was set into the shaft, there to be bound tightly with sinew or fiber.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various
It is the nerve that accompanies the sinew, and Howell Gruffydd now receives and despatches telegrams.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsThe diaphragm is peculiar in that it is somewhat circular in shape and is more or less tendinous or sinew-like in the middle.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsShe roused all her energies; strained every sinew, and put forth all her remaining strength.
Rookwood | William Harrison Ainsworth
British Dictionary definitions for sinew
/ (ˈsɪnjuː) /
Origin of sinew
1Derived forms of sinew
- sinewless, adjective
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