| Muscle 1. (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. 2. (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up. 3. (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight. 4. (n.) See Mussel. Thesaurus Entries adductor, arm, beef, beefiness, biceps, brawn, brawniness, buccinator, effort, elasticity, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, exert strength, exertion, force, gemellus, gluteus maximus, hard pull, heftiness, huskiness, infraspinatus, intercostal, involuntary muscle, latissimus dorsi, levator, long pull, masseter, mentalis, might, might and main, muscularity, musculature, mylohyoid, nasalis, nerve and sinew, oblique, occipitalis, omohyoid, pains, pectineus, pectoralis, peroneus, physique, potency, power, sinew, sinewiness, sinews, sphincter, strength, strong arm, strong-arm, tensor, thew, thewiness, thews, tone, trapezius, triceps, trouble, use force, voluntary muscle |