sinew

sinew is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
2. noun. Muscle; nerve.
3. noun. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
4. transitive verb. To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
5. noun. possessing muscular strength

   Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity

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

   Synonyms: tendon

Synonyms

brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, tendon

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sinew:

sewin, swine, wines, wisen

Common word forms

sinews, sinewed, sinewing, sinewous, sinewless

Words from these letters

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