MUSCLE-BOUND

Meaning of MUSCLE-BOUND in English

adj. Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly move. Bob was big and strong, but he was muscle-bound, and Bill could beat him. An athlete must train properly so as not to become muscle-hound.

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MUSCLE-BOUND — adjective Date: 1879 having some of the muscles tense and enlarged and of impaired elasticity sometimes as a result of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUSCLE-BOUND — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : having some of the muscles tense and enlarged and of impaired elasticity sometimes as a result …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSCLE-BOUND — adjective Date: 1879 1. : having some of the muscles tense and enlarged and of impaired elasticity sometimes as a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSCLE-BOUND — Pronunciation: ' m ə -s ə l- ˌ bau ̇ nd Function: adjective Date: 1879 1 : having some of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MUSCLE-BOUND — ■ adjective having well-developed or overdeveloped muscles.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MUSCLE-BOUND — [mus.cle-bound] adj (1879) 1: having some of the muscles tense and enlarged and of impaired elasticity sometimes as a result …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSCLE-BOUND — muscle-bound BrE AmE ˈmʌs ə l baʊnd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUSCLE-BOUND — adjective having large stiff muscles as a result of too much exercise
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCLE-BOUND — If you describe someone as muscle-bound , you mean that their muscles are well developed, usually in an unattractive way. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCLE-BOUND — If you describe someone as ~, you mean that their muscles are well developed, usually in an unattractive way. ...a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUSCLE BOUND — Synonyms and related words : able-bodied, athletic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, dour, firm, fundamentalist, hard, hidebound, impliable, inexorable, inflexible, iron, ironbound, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSCLE-BOUND — {adj.} Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly …
Slang English vocab
MUSCLE-BOUND — Function: adjective Synonyms: STIFF 4, buckram, cardboard, stilted, wooden
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MUSCLE-BOUND — adjective Synonyms: stiff 4, buckram, cardboard, stilted, wooden
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSCLE-BOUND — {adj.} Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly …
Словарь английских идиом
MUSCLE-BOUND — с чрезмерно развитыми мускулами
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCLE-BOUND — a с чрезмерно развитыми мускулами
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUSCLE BOUND — (0) с чрезмерно развитыми мускулами
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MUSCLE-BOUND — a с чрезмерно развитыми мускулами
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MUSCLE-BOUND — a с чрезмерно развитыми мускулами
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCLE BOUND — мускулистый
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MUSCLE BOUND — мускулистый
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MUSCLE-BOUND — имеющий избыточно развитую мускулатуру
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
MUSCLE-BOUND — с чрезмерно развитыми мускулами
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCLE — I Contractile tissue that produces motion for functions, including body movements, digestion, focusing, circulation, and body warmth. It can be …
Английский словарь Британика
MUSCLE — I. muscle variant of mussel II. mus·cle ˈməsəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUND — I. ˈbau̇nd adjective Etymology: alteration of boun, from Middle English, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa to live, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSCLE — — muscleless , adj. — muscly , adj. /mus"euhl/ , n. , v. , muscled, muscling , adj. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUND — bound 1 — boundness , n. /bownd/ , v. 1. pt. and pp. of bind . adj. 2. tied; in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSCLE — I. ˈmə-səl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Latin musculus, from diminutive of mus mouse — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOUND — I. ˈbau̇nd adjective Etymology: Middle English boun, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSCLE — noun ·see mussel. 2. muscle ·noun an organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. 3. muscle ·noun the contractile tissue …
Webster English vocab
BOUND — imp. & ·p.p. of bind. 2. bound ·impf of bind. 3. bound ·p.p. of bind. 4. bound ·vi to rebound, …
Webster English vocab
MUSCLE — [mus.cle] n, often attrib [ME, fr. MF, fr. L musculus, fr. dim. of mus mouse--more at mouse] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOUND — [bound] adj [ME boun, fr. ON buinn, pp. of bua to dwell, prepare; akin to OHG buan to dwell--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSCLE — contractile tissue found in animals, the function of which is to produce motion. Movement, the intricate cooperation of muscle and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSCLE — / ˈmʌsl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a piece of body tissue …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOUND — / baʊnd; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun —see also bind verb ■ adjective [ not before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCLE — I. mus ‧ cle 1 S2 W3 /ˈmʌs ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOUND — I. bound 1 /baʊnd/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ bind II. bound 2 S2 W3 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSCLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a fibrous tissue with the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUSCLE — n. & v. n. 1 a fibrous tissue with the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUSCLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a fibrous tissue with the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position …
Oxford English vocab
BOUND — 1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1. a spring, leap (bounded out of bed). b walk or run with leaping strides. …
Oxford English vocab
BOUND — I. BE BOUND /baʊnd/ Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Bound is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCLE — ( muscles, muscling, muscled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A muscle …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-BOUND — 1. -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe a person who finds it impossible or very difficult to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOUND — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flight is bound for London/New York etc (= it is going there ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSCLE — [noun] - one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to produce movementneck muscles [C]facial muscles …
Cambridge English vocab
MUSCLE — n. abdominal muscle Muscle Shoals muscle tumour
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSCLE — n. Contractile tissue that produces motion for functions, including body movements, digestion, focusing, circulation, and body warmth. It can be …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSCLE — Synonyms and related words : adductor, arm, beef, beefiness, biceps, brawn, brawniness, buccinator, effort, elasticity, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, exert …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSCLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hard , powerful , strong ▪ taut , tense , tight ▪ relaxed ▪ smooth ▪ lean …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOUND — I. verb Bound is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ dog II. adj. 1 bound to do sth …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MUSCLE — n. 25B6; noun I've pulled a muscle. : See lists. he had muscle but no brains : STRENGTH, power, muscularity, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSCLE — Muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of …
English Dictionary of Medicine
MUSCLE — сущ. мускул, мышца; перен. сила a man of muscle ≈ силач to contract muscle ≈ сокращать мускул to flex, tense …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOUND — I 1. сущ. 1) граница, предел, рубеж 2) обыкн. мн. ограничение, рамки It prevented anarchy from breaking bounds. ≈ Это …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCLE — muscle.ogg ʹmʌs(ə)l n 1> мышца, мускул not to move a muscle - не шевелиться 2> собир. мускулы 3> сила to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOUND — bound.ogg _I baʋnd a 1. predic 1> обязанный, вынужденный bound to military service - военнообязанный he is legally bound to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOUND — 1) граница; предел || граничить; ограничивать 2) матем. грань 3) оценка ( случайной величины ) 4) связанный; скрепленный • - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BOUND — 1) граница; предел || граничить; ограничивать 2) матем. грань 3) оценка (случайной величины) 4) связанный; скрепленный • - array bound - asymptotic bound - Chernoff bound - compute …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BOUND — 1) вязанный 2) вязаный 3) граница, предел || граничить; ограничивать; ставить предел 4) граничная оценка 5) матем. грань 6) прыжок, скачок || подпрыгивать 7) отскок || …
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