| ADJECTIVE | all | sinewy, fibrous, stringy, unchewable | (of meat) full of sinews |
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| pert | sinewy, tendinous | consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon | |
| all | sinewy, brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful | (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight |
| Sounds | sih'nyuwiy | |
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| Rhymes | buoy ... screwy: 12 rhymes with uwiy... | |
| Meaning | (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew. | |
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| Synonyms | fibrous, stringy, unchewable | |
| Broader | tough | resistant to cutting or chewing |
| Spanish | correoso, duro, fibroso, musculoso, nervudo | |
| Catalan | coriaci, dur, fibrós | |
| Meaning | Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon. | |
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| Synonym | tendinous | |
| Spanish | tendinoso | |
| Catalan | tendinós | |
| Nouns | sinew | a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment |
| Meaning | (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. | |
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| Synonyms | brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful | |
| Broader | strong | Having strength or power greater than average or expected |
| Spanish | fornido, forzudo, fuerte, musculoso, robusto | |
| Catalan | forçut, fornit, fort, musculat, musculós, robust | |
| Nouns | sinew | possessing muscular strength |
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