sinew
To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinewsTo knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
» And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
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1 sensesTo knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
Examples
1 sentencesAnd when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
Origin
From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nFrom Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”).
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Forms
sinews, sinewing, sinewed, sinewedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle