Usually means: Tissue that contracts to produce movement.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. muscle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. muscle: Merriam-Webster
  3. muscle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. muscle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. muscle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. muscle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Muscle, muscle: Wordnik
  8. muscle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. muscle: Wiktionary
  10. muscle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. muscle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. muscle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. muscle: Dictionary.com
  14. muscle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. muscle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. M.U.S.C.L.E, M.U.S.C.L.E. (video game), MUSCLE (alignment software), Muscle (TV series), Muscle (disambiguation), Muscle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Muscle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. muscle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. muscle: Rhymezone
  20. muscle, muscle (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. muscle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. muscle: FreeDictionary.org
  23. muscle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. muscle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. muscle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. muscle: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. muscle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. muscle: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Muscle: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Muscle(s), Muscle(s): Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. muscle: Medical dictionary
  8. Muscle: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. MUSCLE: Acronym Finder
  3. muscle: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. muscle: Natural History Terms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. muscle, muscle, muscle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. muscle: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Muscle: Body Building

(Note: See muscled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
noun:  (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
noun:  (usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
noun:  (uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
noun:  (uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
verb:  (transitive) To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
verb:  (intransitive) To move forcefully or with great strength.

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