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# muscular

«muscular» in Mova's school dictionary: **having big, strong muscles** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (muscular, more muscular)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Muscular means having big, strong muscles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#m1)

2) Muscular means to do with the muscles of the body: «muscular pain», «the muscular system». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and PE lessons, the «muscular system» is the set of muscles that move the body together with the skeleton; exercise makes muscles stronger. In stories «muscular» describes a strong character or a strong animal. Phrases: «muscular system», «muscular arms», «muscular build».

### examples

- The weightlifter had muscular arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x1)
- The muscular system and the skeleton work together to move us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x2)
- A horse has strong muscular legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x3)
- Swimming makes your back more muscular. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x4)
- The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x5)
- He felt muscular pain after the long run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x6)
- He had strong muscular power, as could be seen when he leapt from rock to rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/#x7)

### note

Adjective from «muscle». Spelling: muscle has a silent «c», and muscular keeps the «c» but you hear it (MUS-kyoo-lar). Being muscular is not the same as being healthy; fitness also needs the heart and lungs.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «muscular» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muscular/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.