sinew
pronunciation
How to pronounce sinew in British English:
UK [ˈsɪnju:]
How to pronounce sinew in American English:
US [ˈsɪnju]
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- Noun:
- a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
- muscular strength
Word Origin
- sinew (n.)
- Old English seonowe, oblique form of nominative sionu "sinew," from Proto-Germanic *senawo (cognates: Old Saxon sinewa, Old Norse sina, Old Frisian sine, Middle Dutch senuwe, Dutch zenuw, Old High German senawa, German Sehne), from PIE root *sai- "to tie, bind" (cognates: Sanskrit snavah "sinew," Avestan snavar, Irish sin "chain").
Example
- 1. Is asking this condition please not that sinew adjoins ?
- 2. Let my sinew and my rot be just sweet enough .
- 3. If you can force your heart nerve and sinew .
- 4. Doctor said is finger sinew loss .
- 5. My hand injustice of eight fingers sinew has all broken .