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# sinew

«sinew» in Mova's school dictionary: **A tendon: a tough cord in the body that joins a muscle to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sinew, sinews)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tendon: a tough cord in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#m1)

2) (sinews, literary) Strength or power: «the sinews of war» (money and supplies needed for war). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, tendons (sinews) let muscles pull on bones so we can move; the Achilles tendon is at the back of the heel. Stories describe strong people with «muscle and sinew». In history, people used animal sinew as thread and bowstrings. Phrases: «strain every sinew» (try as hard as you possibly can).

### examples

- The sinew joins the muscle to the bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x1)
- He strained every sinew to win the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x2)
- Native peoples used animal sinew to sew clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x3)
- The meat was tough and full of sinew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x4)
- The athlete's arms were all muscle and sinew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x5)
- The bowstring was made of twisted sinew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x6)
- It was tough meat, full of sinews, yet it was the only piece he could take without his father's notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/#x7)

### note

Countable. Said «SIN-yoo». Adjective: sinewy (lean and strong). «Tendon» is the science word today.

### In the corpora

- [Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1061/)
- [Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.245/)
- [In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.765/)
- [He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1111/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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