sinew

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”). The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Danish sene (“tendon, sinew”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnjuː/ (MLE) IPA(key): /ˈsɪny/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnju/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnjʉː/ Hyphenation: sin‧ew === Noun === sinew (plural sinews) (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body. A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument. (figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength. (figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay. (anatomy, obsolete) A nerve. ==== Alternative forms ==== sinnew ==== Coordinate terms ==== (cord or string): twine ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sinew (third-person singular simple present sinews, present participle sinewing, simple past and past participle sinewed) (transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews. ==== Derived terms ==== unsinew ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === tendon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen