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Word entry · 5 letters

sinew

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"Tendon"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪnjuː/Part of speech nounSorted einswStarts with SEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. possessing muscular strength

Word origin

From 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, *senawō (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”).

Used in a sentence

  • Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

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