Muscular
adj
Relates to muscles, or has a lot of muscles.
He has a muscular build because he exercises a lot.
Often appears as...
- muscular build
- muscular body
adj
Requiring or using physical strength.
Construction is a muscular job.
Often appears as...
- muscular job
- muscular effort
adj
Having the qualities of muscles.
The walls of the heart are muscular to help pump blood.
Often appears as...
- muscular walls
- muscular contractility
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Academic
adj
Relates to muscles, or has a lot of muscles.
He has a muscular build because he exercises a lot.
Often appears as...
- muscular build
- muscular body
adj
Requiring or using physical strength.
Construction is a muscular job.
Often appears as...
- muscular job
- muscular effort
adj
Having the qualities of muscles.
The walls of the heart are muscular to help pump blood.
Often appears as...
- muscular walls
- muscular contractility
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physique Descriptions
Use 'muscular' to describe someone's physique positively, implying fitness and strength.
The firefighter was muscular and ready for the job.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Size
'Muscular' implies function and health, not merely the size of muscles.
After months of training, her arms became muscular.
Pro Tip 3/3Admiration Tone
Saying someone has a 'muscular build' often carries a tone of admiration for their fitness.
The personal trainer's muscular physique inspired his clients.
Pro Tip 1/3Physique Descriptions
Use 'muscular' to describe someone's physique positively, implying fitness and strength.
The firefighter was muscular and ready for the job.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Size
'Muscular' implies function and health, not merely the size of muscles.
After months of training, her arms became muscular.
Pro Tip 3/3Admiration Tone
Saying someone has a 'muscular build' often carries a tone of admiration for their fitness.
The personal trainer's muscular physique inspired his clients.
Pro Tip 1/3Physique Descriptions
Use 'muscular' to describe someone's physique positively, implying fitness and strength.
The firefighter was muscular and ready for the job.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Size
'Muscular' implies function and health, not merely the size of muscles.
After months of training, her arms became muscular.
Pro Tip 3/3Admiration Tone
Saying someone has a 'muscular build' often carries a tone of admiration for their fitness.
The personal trainer's muscular physique inspired his clients.
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
Adult skeletal system is a framework of over 200 bones They hold the body together give it shape and protect its organs and tissues The skeleton also provides anchor points for the muscular system, which includes three types of muscles skeletal smooth and cardiac They are found throughout the body and facilitate movement
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3 clues to understanding...
So if the amygdala is excited, and this is something important, the messages then cascade into the autonomic nervous system. Your heart starts beating faster. You start sweating to dissipate the heat that you're going to create from muscular exertion. And that's fortunate, because we can put two electrodes on your palm
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Smash fear, learn...
So ballroom dancing, implicit versus explicit -- very important. You might look at me and say, "That guy must be a ballroom dancer." But no, you'd be wrong because my body is very poorly designed for most things -- pretty well designed for lifting heavy rocks perhaps. I used to be much bigger, much more muscular.
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Is it bad to hold your...
laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage. Instead, the pelvic floor muscles keep the region sealed until you're ready to go. But holding it in for too long, forcing out your urine too fast, or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling.
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The art of responsibility...
and every year at springtime they would have kits for carnivals that you could write in an order and you could do a carnival to raise money for muscular dystrophy which Denise and I decided to do so we got our kit we were so excited and we did posters and we wrote our
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Why do whales sing? -...
and their large inflatable organs called laryngeal sacs. We don't know this for sure because it's essentially impossible to observe the internal organs of a living, singing whale, but we think that when a whale sings, muscular contractions in the throat and chest
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
Their bodies were relatively short, with males averaging five feet, five inches and females five feet, one inch tall, and they were stocky with broad chests, bulky torsos, and muscular limbs. These adaptations helped neanderthals generate and retain body heat.
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Invasion of the...
air chambers which act in many respects like a lung to complete this monstrous picture some say the snakehead can do something few other fish can walk on land out of the water snakeheads rhythmically moved their fins and muscular bodies
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Jaguar: Close enough to...
big guys but they have an enormous amount of respect for the power of this animal and I'm not surprised looking at the bulk of a head it's so broad so muscular containing the vast muscles that drive a jaw which can power
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Nancy N. Chen: The...
New forms of thin -- lean, muscular bodies -- have come to be pursued across gender, age, income and locations with accompanying bias against fat. It's important to note, however,
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
Adult skeletal system is a framework of over 200 bones They hold the body together give it shape and protect its organs and tissues The skeleton also provides anchor points for the muscular system, which includes three types of muscles skeletal smooth and cardiac They are found throughout the body and facilitate movement
Video examples
3 clues to understanding...
So if the amygdala is excited, and this is something important, the messages then cascade into the autonomic nervous system. Your heart starts beating faster. You start sweating to dissipate the heat that you're going to create from muscular exertion. And that's fortunate, because we can put two electrodes on your palm
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
So ballroom dancing, implicit versus explicit -- very important. You might look at me and say, "That guy must be a ballroom dancer." But no, you'd be wrong because my body is very poorly designed for most things -- pretty well designed for lifting heavy rocks perhaps. I used to be much bigger, much more muscular.
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage. Instead, the pelvic floor muscles keep the region sealed until you're ready to go. But holding it in for too long, forcing out your urine too fast, or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling.
Video examples
The art of responsibility...
and every year at springtime they would have kits for carnivals that you could write in an order and you could do a carnival to raise money for muscular dystrophy which Denise and I decided to do so we got our kit we were so excited and we did posters and we wrote our
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
and their large inflatable organs called laryngeal sacs. We don't know this for sure because it's essentially impossible to observe the internal organs of a living, singing whale, but we think that when a whale sings, muscular contractions in the throat and chest
Video examples
Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
Their bodies were relatively short, with males averaging five feet, five inches and females five feet, one inch tall, and they were stocky with broad chests, bulky torsos, and muscular limbs. These adaptations helped neanderthals generate and retain body heat.
Video examples
Invasion of the...
air chambers which act in many respects like a lung to complete this monstrous picture some say the snakehead can do something few other fish can walk on land out of the water snakeheads rhythmically moved their fins and muscular bodies
Video examples
Jaguar: Close enough to...
big guys but they have an enormous amount of respect for the power of this animal and I'm not surprised looking at the bulk of a head it's so broad so muscular containing the vast muscles that drive a jaw which can power
Video examples
Nancy N. Chen: The...
New forms of thin -- lean, muscular bodies -- have come to be pursued across gender, age, income and locations with accompanying bias against fat. It's important to note, however,
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Quote examples
Ashley Greene
American Actress
When I was a kid I did marshal arts, and then I did all-star crazy competitive cheer and dance, and then I swam so I was very muscular. You know, healthy, but not quite as thin as I am.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
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India Arie
American Musician
I've spent my entire life trying to figure out why I was different than everybody else. Why is my voice so deep? Why am I so muscular?
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
When the world lacks muscular and wise American leadership, it devolves into total chaos, which, in turn, produces unspeakable evils.
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Kari Skogland
I think what I'd love to see... I love muscular projects. I love the world of... I've worked in the action space quite a bit.
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Liberty Hyde Bailey
American Scientist
No beast has ever conquered the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.
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Audre Lorde
American Poet
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
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Mattie Stepanek
American Poet
My disease is a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, called disautonomic mitochondrial myopathy.
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Kathryn Bigelow
American Director
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
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Vishwajeet Pradhan
Indian Actor
I want a fit body and not a fantastic muscular body.
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Ashley Greene
American Actress
When I was a kid I did marshal arts, and then I did all-star crazy competitive cheer and dance, and then I swam so I was very muscular. You know, healthy, but not quite as thin as I am.
Quote examples
Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
Quote examples
India Arie
American Musician
I've spent my entire life trying to figure out why I was different than everybody else. Why is my voice so deep? Why am I so muscular?
Quote examples
Monica Crowley
American Journalist
When the world lacks muscular and wise American leadership, it devolves into total chaos, which, in turn, produces unspeakable evils.
Quote examples
Kari Skogland
I think what I'd love to see... I love muscular projects. I love the world of... I've worked in the action space quite a bit.
Quote examples
Liberty Hyde Bailey
American Scientist
No beast has ever conquered the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.
Quote examples
Audre Lorde
American Poet
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
Quote examples
Mattie Stepanek
American Poet
My disease is a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, called disautonomic mitochondrial myopathy.
Quote examples
Kathryn Bigelow
American Director
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
Quote examples
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Indian Actor
I want a fit body and not a fantastic muscular body.
Example 1 of 10
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