Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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muscle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tough | Yes | Yes | No | No |
muscle (noun) | tough (noun) |
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possessing muscular strength | an aggressive and violent young criminal |
authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) | a cruel and brutal fellow |
one of the contractile organs of the body | someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells | |
a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard |
muscle (adjective) | tough (adjective) |
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resistant to cutting or chewing | |
physically toughened | |
not given to gentleness or sentimentality | |
unfortunate or hard to bear | |
substantially made or constructed | |
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') | |
violent and lawless | |
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution | |
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |
muscle (verb) | tough (verb) |
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make one's way by force |