muscle

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see also BODY
- a piece of flesh inside the body which is used to produce movement: muscle (noun C/U); adjective: muscular
This exercise will help to strengthen the muscles in your stomach. ◎ muscular pain
- a part that joins a muscle to a bone: tendon
- when a muscle becomes smaller and tighter, it contracts, tightens (up); to cause this to happen: contract sth, tighten sth; noun (U): contraction
- when a muscle becomes very stiff and tight, because for example you are frightened or about to run fast, it tenses; to cause this to happen: tense sth
Tense your neck muscles.
- when you cause a muscle to become less tight, you relax it; the muscle relaxes; noun (U): relaxation
- when you bend or move a muscle, you flex it
He took off his T-shirt and flexed his muscles.
- to damage a muscle by using too much force: pull sth, strain sth
I tried to move the cupboard by myself and pulled a muscle in my back.
- a sudden pain in a muscle that makes it difficult to move: cramp (noun U)
The sea was very cold and I got cramp in my foot.
- a sudden tightening of a muscle that you cannot control: spasm
- a sudden, violent and uncontrollable movement of the muscles: convulsion (often plural)
to have convulsions
- a person or a part of the body that has strong muscles is muscular
a muscular body
- muscles which are solid and hard are firm; opposite: flabby
firm stomach muscles
- a programme of exercises to make your muscles bigger and stronger: body-building (noun U); a person who does this: bodybuilder
※ taking exercise EXERCISE

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brawn, brawniness, muscularity, sinew, heftiness, muscleman, muscular tissue, musculus