sinews
noun
Meaning
- A cord or tendon of the body.
- A cord or string, particularly as of a musical instrument.
- Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
- (often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
- A nerve.
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