Definitions for muscles
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1. Muscles

   "Muscles" is a 1982 soul single written and produced by Michael Jackson and performed by American R&B/soul singer Diana Ross. The single reached number ten on the pop singles chart and number four on the R&B singles chart upon its release and was the first single from her gold-certified album, Silk Electric. The song, which was named after Jackson's pet snake and was written for Ross and her "desire" for a muscle-bound lover, also gave Ross her twelfth and latest Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song was recorded in 1997 by producer/DJ Peter Rauhofer recording as Club 69 and was a featured single on the Club 69 album Style. The vocals on this version of "Muscles" are performed by singer-songwriter, Suzanne Palmer. Lil' Kim sampled "Muscles" for her rap "Diamonds" but it was not included in the final cut of her album The Notorious K.I.M. Young Jeezy also sampled "Muscles" for the title track of his album The Inspiration.

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1. Muscles

   Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.

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1. muscles

   Verb form of the word muscle.

   The muscles of our body are vital to our movement.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'muscles' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4491

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'muscles' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4455

How to pronounce muscles?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of muscles in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of muscles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of muscles in a Sentence

1. Brian Eno:

   I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.

2. Amira Kassis:

   The carbohydrates are given more at high altitude because they are an efficient and quick source of energy, we use the lower altitude as a recovery phase – this is where we give protein to ensure that the muscles recover.

3. Tim Don:

   It's a whole-body smash fest, it normally takes about a week or 10 days to recover. Your muscles are broken down systemically, and you're hungry consistently for three or four days.

4. Lukasiewicz Hagai:

   We've been investigating the placenta for the last decade and we have discovered that the placenta cells have unique properties that can help the body to recover after exposure to high level of radiation, we are injecting these cells to the bodies' muscles...that will help the bone marrow to recover after radiation.

5. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez:

   The reason [standing could be good] is because when we stand there are many muscles in our legs and butt and abdomen that are working to keep you standing, whenever muscle is used, it consumes sugar and affects triglycerides.

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