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sin·ew  (sny) n. 1. A tendon. 2. Vigorous strength; muscular power. 3. The source or mainstay of vitality and strength. Often used in the plural: "Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue" (Izaak Walton). tr.v. sin·ewed, sin·ew·ing, sin·ews To strengthen with or as if with sinews. [Middle English sinewe, from Old English sinewe, oblique form of seonu, sinu.]

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sinew [ˈsɪnjuː]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy another name for tendon

2. (often plural)

a.  a source of strength or power

b.  a literary word for muscle

[Old English sionu; related to Old Norse sin, Old Saxon sinewa, Old High German senawa sinew, Lettish pasainis string]

sinewless  adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

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sin•ew (ˈsɪn yu) 

n.

1. a tendon.

2. Often, sinews. a source of strength, power, or vigor: the sinews of the nation.

3. strength; power; resilience: great moral sinew.

v.t.

4. to strengthen, as with sinews.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English sinu (nominative), sinuwe (genitive), c. Old Frisian sini, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Middle High German sene, Old Norse sin]

sin′ew•less, adj.

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Noun	1.	sinew - a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment tendon connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments collagen - a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism hamstring, hamstring tendon - one of the tendons at the back of the knee Achilles tendon, tendon of Achilles - a large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf
	2.	sinew - possessing muscular strength brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, muscle strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"

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