Definitions for Sinew
ˈsɪn yusinew

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. tendon, sinewnoun

   a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

2. brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftinessnoun

   possessing muscular strength

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sinewnoun

   A cord or tendon of the body.

2. sinewnoun

   A nerve.

3. sinewnoun

   Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.

4. sinewnoun

   A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.

5. sinewnoun

   That which gives strengthor in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of acquiring strength (often plural).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SINEWnoun

   Etymology: senwe , Saxon; senewen, Dutch.

   1. A tendon; the ligament by which the joints are moved.

   The torrent roar’d, and we did buffet it
   With lusty sinews. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   The rooted fibres rose, and from the wound
   Black bloody drops distill’d upon the ground:
   Mute and amaz’d, my hair with terror stood;
   Fear shrunk my sinews, and congeal’d my blood. Dryden.

   A sinew cracked, seldom recovers its former strength. John Locke.

   2. Applied to whatever gives strength or compactness: as, money is the sinews of war.

   Some other sinews there are, from which that overplus of strength in persuasion doth arise. Richard Hooker.

   Such discouraging of men in the ways of an active conformity to the church’s rules, cracks the sinews of government; for it weakens and damps the spirits of the obedient. South.

   In the principal figures of a picture the painter is to employ the sinews of his art; for in them consists the principal beauties of his work. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   3. Muscle or nerve.

   The feeling pow’r, which is life’s root,
   Through ev’ry living part itself doth shed
   By sinews, which extend from head to foot;
   And, like a net, all o’er the body spread. Davies.

2. To Sinewverb

   To knit as by sinews. Not in use.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Ask the lady Bona for thy queen;
   So shalt thou sinew both these lands together. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sinew

   A tendon or sinew is a tough, high-tensile-strength band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. It is able to transmit the mechanical forces of muscle contraction to the skeletal system without sacrificing its ability to withstand significant amounts of tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments; both are made of collagen. Ligaments connect one bone to another, while tendons connect muscle to bone.

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1. sinew

   Sinew refers to the pieces of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone, essentially a tendon or ligament. It can also metaphorically refer to a source of strength, power, or resilience.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Sinewnoun

   a tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon

2. Sinewnoun

   muscle; nerve

3. Sinewnoun

   fig.: That which supplies strength or power

4. Sinewverb

   to knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews

5. Etymology: [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan. sene; cf. Skr. snva. 290.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sinew

   sin′ū, n. that which joins a muscle to a bone, a tendon: muscle, nerve: that which supplies vigour.—v.t. to bind as by sinews: to strengthen.—adj. Sin′ewed, furnished with sinews: (Shak.) strong, vigorous.—n. Sin′ewiness, the state or quality of being sinewy.—adjs. Sin′ewless, having no sinews: without strength or power; Sin′ew-shrunk, applied to a horse which has become gaunt-bellied from being overdriven; Sin′ewy, Sin′ewous, furnished with sinews: consisting of, belonging to, or resembling sinews: strong: vigorous.—Sinews of war, money. [A.S. sinu; Ice. sin, Ger. sehne.]

Matched Categories

1. • Connective Tissue

Anagrams for Sinew »

1. swine

2. Wenis

3. wines

4. wisen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sinew in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sinew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Sinew in a Sentence

1. Rudyard Kipling:

   If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them 'Hold on'

2. John Burroughs:

   The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.

3. Thomas Fuller:

   Money is the sinew of love as well as war.

4. John Burroughs, The Snow-Walkers:

   The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sinew
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sinew
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sinew
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinew
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sinew
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sinew