English-Czech translations for muscle

• sval
  Nepotřebujeme však žádnou další "sílu svalů" ani "šedou hmotu". To, co potřebujeme, je čerstvá pracovní síla pro náš trh práce. It is not extra muscle power we need, however, or grey matter to exploit, but fresh labour for our labour market.
  Je to byrokratická organizace nové, moderní formy otrokářství, která si od nynějška bude vybírat své oběti podle jejich diplomů, nikoli podle svalů či zubů. It is the bureaucratic organisation of the new modern form of slavery, which from now on will choose its victims on the grounds of their diplomas, not for their muscles or their teeth.
  Kromě této otázky, co se týká důvodů, proč jsme se ocitli v tomto bodě, pan Kouchner prohlásil, že někteří lidé poskytli Gruzii příliš podpory při ukazování svalů a vydávání hrozeb. Apart from that, as for the reasons why we have reached this point, Mr Kouchner said that some people had given Georgia too much encouragement to flex its muscles and issue threats.

Definition of muscle

• A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement
• An organ composed of muscle tissue
• A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise
• Strength, force
• Hired strongmen or bodyguards
• To use force to make progress, especially physical force

Examples

• Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
• He muscled his way through the crowd.

Related words

• muscled
• musclebound
• muscleman
• musclebike
• muscle-up
• muscle tissue
• muscle relaxant
• muscle cell
• muscle fiber