Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having muscles or muscular tissue; musculated: used in composition: as, a strong-muscled man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Furnished with muscles; having muscles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Bearing
muscles or muscle tissue. - adjective Having large
muscles . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
muscle .
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Examples
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Economic issues have again muscled their way on to the front page of the Weekly, with a slew of protests across Europe accompanying the release of an International Labour Organisation report containing some huge figures about the impact of the economic crisis on labour markets.
Welcome to the 8 October edition Natalie Bennett 2010
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With Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo pulled for an extra attacker, Daniel Sedin muscled himself free and redirected a shot to pull the Canucks within 3-2 with 1: 15 remaining.
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As the smoothing-over was decided on, one word muscled its way into vogue: emollient.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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As the smoothing-over was decided on, one word muscled its way into vogue: emollient.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Of course, boys don't call their muscled-up toys dolls.
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Barbie is how locals call muscled South Side gay men.
NEW GAY TRAVEL GUIDE 2008
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Many shoppers make the mistake of being timid during this critical part of the process, often allowing themselves to be "muscled" into driving the car only on certain roads (which will show-off the car's strengths) and for a specific period of time "recommended" by the salesperson.
Steve Parker: GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move? 2009
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The 'muscled' forehead with those lines converging to the upper nose point, those intense eyes behind the large glasses...
Impromptu Oil Portrait James Gurney 2008
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By texture, I almost want to say 'muscled', but that brings up a stringy image in English, which is not at all what I mean.
Archive 2005-04-01 2005
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By texture, I almost want to say 'muscled', but that brings up a stringy image in English, which is not at all what I mean.
April 2005 2005
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