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I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.
Ingmar Bergman

Meaning of "sinew" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SINEW

Old English sionu; related to Old Norse sin, Old Saxon sinewa, Old High German senawa sinew, Lettish pasainis string.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SINEW

sinew  [ˈsɪnjuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINEW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sinew is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SINEW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sinew

Tendon

A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments and fasciae; all three are made of collagen. Ligaments join one bone to another bone; fasciae connect muscles to other muscles. Tendons and muscles work together to move bones.

Definition of sinew in the English dictionary

The definition of sinew in the dictionary is a source of strength or power.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SINEW


Agnew
ˈæɡnjuː
anew
əˈnjuː
avenue
ˈævɪˌnjuː
continue
kənˈtɪnjuː
discontinue
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː
enew
ɪˈnjuː
insinew
ɪnˈsɪnjuː
knew
njuː
menu
ˈmɛnjuː
nearly-new
ˌnɪəlɪˈnjuː
new
njuː
nu
njuː
recontinue
ˌriːkənˈtɪnjuː
renew
rɪˈnjuː
revenue
ˈrɛvɪˌnjuː
sub-menu
ˈsʌbmɛnjuː
tenue
təˈnjuː
unsinew
ʌnˈsɪnjuː
venue
ˈvɛnjuː
vinew
ˈvɪnjuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINEW

sindonology
sine
sine curve
sine die
sine prole
sine qua non
sine wave
sinecure
sinecurism
sinecurist
sinewed
sinewiness
sinewless
sinewy
sinfonia
sinfonie
sinfonietta
sinful
sinfully
sinfulness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINEW

a good few
Andrew
brand-new
crew
cum new
drew
ex new
few
foreknew
have a few
interview
Matthew
overnew
overview
preview
review
span-new
split-new
the new
view

Synonyms and antonyms of sinew in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sinew» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINEW

Find out the translation of sinew to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sinew from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sinew» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腱子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tendón
570 millions of speakers

English

sinew
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عصب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухожилия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tendões
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কণ্ডরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tendon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

urat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sehne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

힘줄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sinew
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dây gân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தசை நார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sinew
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tendine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ścięgna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сухожилля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tendon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τένοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sening
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sena
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sinew
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sinew

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SINEW»

The term «sinew» is regularly used and occupies the 97.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SINEW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sinew

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5 QUOTES WITH «SINEW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sinew.
1
Ingmar Bergman
I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.
2
David Cameron
At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud.
3
Countee Cullen
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
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Andrew Jackson
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
5
Patricia Neal
When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINEW»

Discover the use of sinew in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sinew and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Survival Skills of Native California
Sinew reinforced the vulnerable back of the bow. This allowed longer pull without breakage of the wood and added recoil potential, greater elasticity, as sinew would stretch farther over wood than the wood itself during the pull. The sinew ...
Paul Douglas Campbell, 1999
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Foundations for Integrative Musculoskeletal Medicine: An ...
As the throughway of Defensive-Qi, the least refined and most reflexive Qi, the Sinew channels can amplify and externalize more endogenous and/or deeper dysfunctions. Since muscle tension can serve as a diagnostic-lens into the interior of ...
Alon Marcus, 2004
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Food Preparation and Cooking: Cookery units. Student guide
This is trimmed further to remove the sinew which runs from the lower end of the sirloin. Some beef joints do have tough sinews which should be trimmed or removed or the meat will be tough when cooked. The reason for this is that the sinew ...
‎1996
4
Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux
Sinew Before commercial threads and steel needles were introduced to them, the Indians sewed with sinew thread, using an awl made of a sharp splinter of bone or horn or a thorn of the buffalo berry bush to puncture holes in the material to ...
Carrie Alberta Lyford, Willard Walcott Beatty, 1940
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Pocket Atlas of Chinese Medicine
The 12 Sinew Channels (Shi Erjingjin +=£$$) Pathways The sinew channels are superficial channels that follow approximately the same pathway as the external regular channel with which they share a name. They are called sinew channels ...
Marnae C. Ergil, Kevin V. Ergil, 2011
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Roman Artillery
onagers, ballistas and other catapults are of no use unless strung with sinew ropes. However horsehair from tails and manes is claimed to be usable for ballistas. There is no doubt that women's hair is just as excellent in catapults, as Roman ...
Alan Wilkins, 2003
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A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine
sinew and bone pain sinew tumor of wilting wei and tetany in terms of the liver's governing of the sinews, 'sinew' refers to what are called muscles in modern anatomy, and it is unlikely that the Chinese thought of it exclusively as the tough ...
Nigel Wiseman, Ye Feng, 1998
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Projectile Technology
Once the horn and wooden core were joined, the bow was gently reflexed, by tying a cord between the nocks, prior to placing the sinew on the back. The back of an Asian composite bow was made of sinew obtained from a variety of ...
Heidi Knecht, 1997
9
Wilderness Living
SINEW Sinew is a natural animal material that can be dried and shredded into a very strong string and has often been used as sewing thread and cordage. It is a fibrous tendon that connects bones to muscles and is most commonly procured ...
Gregory J. Davenport, 2001
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The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion
A ramification of this straight branch binds at the outer assisting bone and unites with the (sinew of) the shao yang. The straight branch continues to ascend along the crouching rabbit, converging in the upper thigh and, gathering in the the ...
Mi Huangfu, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINEW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sinew is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jack Ely: Singer whose sinew-stretching rendition of "Louie Louie …
Stretching every sinew to make himself heard over the racket made by his Kingsmen bandmates, the vocalist Jack Ely transformed "Louie Louie", the infectious ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
2
Neanderthal jewelry was much more sophisticated than previously …
The pieces were likely strung on a piece of sinew and worn for symbolic purposes. Dr Frayer added: “These talons provide multiple new lines of evidence for ... «ZME Science, Mar 15»
3
Constantine: “Quid Pro Quo”
Somewhere in there John exposits exposition about more artifacts like the sinew from Achilles' heel, which wraps around Zed's wrist and pulls tight. Apparently it ... «A.V. Club DC, Jan 15»
4
Wild: 'A movie with real sinew and heart' – video review
Wild stars Reese Witherspoon and is an adaptation of the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed, who hiked 1,000 miles across California while grieving for her ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
5
Demand for pizzles pushes deer exports up
For the year to September, the export value of pizzles firmed to $7 million, up from $4.8m the year before, sinews more than doubled to $4.2m compared with ... «Stuff.co.nz, Nov 14»
6
Michael Fortunato crafts authentic and historic bows and arrows
The sinew-backed bow takes around 20-60 hours over a four- to six-month period, as it takes time for the sinew to dry. The horn bow takes around 120 hours ... «Wicked Local Plymouth, Nov 14»
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인천시 건축상 대상에 'sinew(부평작전교회)' 선정
대상을 받은 'sinew(부평작전교회)'는 작은 부지와 좁은 도로 등 열악한 여건 속에서도 △건축물 효율적 배치 △건축물 높이의 사전 제한을 활용한 다양하고 변화된 ... «뉴스1, Oct 14»
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Videopremiere: Sinew covern die Pet Shop Boys
Keinen Slayer-Song wollten die Fans hören, sondern lieber "It's A Sin". Was dabei heraus kam, seht ihr exklusiv bei uns. Marburg (edy) - Im März starten Sinew ... «laut.de, Sep 14»
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Suspended Machines Exist Only To Keep Themselves From Falling …
Each one of us is, more or less, a Rube Goldberg machine: an implausible and over-engineered construct of flesh, sinew, brain, and bone that only exists to ... «Co.Design, Jul 14»
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Pinehurst's No.2 will stretch every players' sinew and nerve
The view from the 18th green back down the fairway which will determine the eventual winner of this 114th US Open is the stuff of picture postcards. On the ... «Irish Times, Jun 14»

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