From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2018]
*** Etymology
[en]
From [en], [enm], from [en],[1] from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from [en],
from [ine-pro].
The word is cognate with [sco], [sco], [sco], [stq], [fy], [fy], [nl], [de],
[is], [sv], [ae], [grc], [la], [sa], [txb]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A cord or tendon of the body .
2. A cord or string , particularly [en] as of a musical instrument .
3. [en] Muscular power , muscle ; nerve , nervous energy ; vigor , vigorous strength .
4. [en] That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member ; mainstay .
5. * [act=III]
6. * [en]
7. * [passage= Good company and good discourse are the very SINEWS of virtue.]
8. [en] A nerve .
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Coordinate terms
- [cord or string] [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |insinewed |sinewed<pos:adjective> |sinewish |sinewless |sinewous
|sinew-shrunk |sinews of war |sinewy}}
**** Translations
[cord or tendon of the body]
[muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[that which gives strength or in which strength consists]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Evenki: [evn]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Middle Turkish: [tr]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi] , [wyi]
- Yakut: [sah]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews .
2. * [act=II]
3. * [volume=II]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews] [trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=sineu]
*** Further reading
- [tendon]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]