Sinew vs Skinny - What's the difference?
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(anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
(obsolete) A nerve.
(figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
(figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
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To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
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(informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
(informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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A skinny being
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As nouns the difference between sinew and skinny
is that sinew is a cord or tendon of the body while skinny is the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.As a verb sinew
is to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.As an adjective skinny is
having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.sinew
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
- The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Derived terms
* sinewyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.
Anagrams
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Adjective
(er)- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
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* See alsoNoun
(skinnies)- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
