Thesaurus: sinewy

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1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
2. a. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
3. adj. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
4. adj. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
5. adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
6. 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. Donne. 2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax. A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. Hare.
7. j:100 s (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew a consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon s (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful