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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

/ ˈsɪnjuː /

noun

  1. anatomy another name for tendon
  2. often plural
    1. a source of strength or power
    2. a literary word for muscle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsinewless, adjective
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Other Words From

  • sinew·less adjective
  • un·sinewed adjective
  • un·sinew·ing adjective
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Word 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 snāva sinew
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Word 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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Example Sentences

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.

These arrow-heads have generally a shoulder where the arrow was set into the shaft, there to be bound tightly with sinew or fiber.

It is the nerve that accompanies the sinew, and Howell Gruffydd now receives and despatches telegrams.

The diaphragm is peculiar in that it is somewhat circular in shape and is more or less tendinous or sinew-like in the middle.

She roused all her energies; strained every sinew, and put forth all her remaining strength.

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