sinew

n.

1. A tendon.
2. Vigorous strength; muscular power.
3. The source or mainstay of vitality and strength. Often used in the plural: "Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue" (Izaak Walton).

tr.v., -ewed, -ew·ing, -ews.
To strengthen with or as if with sinews.

[Middle English sinewe, from Old English sinewe, oblique form of seonu, sinu.]

noun

The state or quality of being physically strong: brawn, might, muscle, potence, potency, power, powerfulness, puissance, strength, thew (often used in plural). See strong/weak.

A tendon.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sene, kraft, styrke
v. tr. - styrke

Nederlands (Dutch)
pees

Français (French)
n. - (Anat) tendon
v. tr. - donner de l'énergie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sehne, (moralische) Stärke
v. - mit Sehnen versehen, stärken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσιολ.) τένοντας, νεύρο, μυς

Italiano (Italian)
tendine, energia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tendão (m) (Anat.), sustentáculo (m) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
сухожилие, жила, мускулатура, сила, движущая сила, финансы, усиливать, укреплять

Español (Spanish)
n. - tendón, fuerza muscular, energía, fibra, nervio, fortaleza
v. tr. - fortalecer

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sena

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肌肉, 体力, 精力, 使牢固, 支持, 加强

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 肌肉, 體力, 精力
v. tr. - 使牢固, 支援, 加強

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 건, 지지자, 원동력
v. tr. - 힘줄로 맺다, 기운을 돋우다, 지지하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 腱, 筋肉, 活力, 体力, 資力

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عصب, قوة, وتر, طنب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גיד, שרירים, כוח פיזי, מרץ, מקור-עוצמה‬
v. tr. - ‮חיזק, קשר יחד‬

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