Sinewy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, a.
     1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or
        sinews.
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              The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne.


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     2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous;
        vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
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              A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy.
                                                    --Hare.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sinewy
       adj 1: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
              [syn: {fibrous}, {stringy}, {unchewable}]
       2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn: {tendinous}]
       3: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
          rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular
          boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular},
           {powerful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "sinewy":
     able-bodied, acid, athletic, biting, brawny, broad-shouldered,
     burly, cartilaginous, chewy, cohesive, coriaceous, corrosive,
     cutting, driving, durable, effective, fibrous, forceful, forcible,
     gristly, gutsy, hard, hardy, imperative, impressive, incisive,
     lasting, leatherlike, leathery, mighty, mordant, muscle-bound,
     muscular, nervous, penetrating, piercing, poignant, powerful,
     punchy, resistant, robust, ropy, sensational, sinewed, slashing,
     stiff, stout, strapping, striking, stringy, strong, stubborn,
     sturdy, telling, tenacious, thewy, thickset, tough,
     tough as leather, trenchant, untiring, vigorous, viscid, vital,
     well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry