sinew

Speech parts

1. sinew - Noun

2. sinew - Verb

Meaning

A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

Muscle; nerve.

Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.

To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

brawn muscle muscularity brawniness heftiness tendon power force might energy punch vim gristle authority core
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Antonyms

inability disability incompetence apathy insufficiency incapacity
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Hypernyms

strength connective tissue

Hyponyms

Achilles tendon hamstring hamstring tendon tendon of Achilles

Derivatives

sinewed sinewing

Anagrams

sewin swine swein wenis Wiens wisen wines

Examples

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images. Ingmar Bergman

He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars. Jack London

Love is the bone and sinew of my curse. Sylvia Plath

For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth. Countee Cullen

He is like a hyena's sinew. Maasai Proverb

Money is the sinew of war. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sinesetin Sinesian sinetron sinew-shrunk sinewave sinewed