sinew.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone; a tendon.
2 (in pl.) muscles; bodily strength; wiriness.
3 (in pl.) that which forms the strength or framework of a plan, city, organization, etc.

--v.

tr. poet. serve as the sinews of; sustain; hold together.

the sinews of war money.

sinewless adj. sinewy adj. [OE sin(e)we f. Gmc]

sinew.html - n.
Math.
1 the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the side opposite a given angle (in a right-angled triangle) to the hypotenuse.
2 a function of the line drawn from one end of an arc perpendicularly to the radius through the other.

sine curve (or wave) a curve representing periodic oscillations of constant amplitude as given by a sine function: also called SINUSOID. [L sinus curve, fold of a toga, used in med.L as transl. of Arab. jayb bosom, sine]

sinew.html - adv.
(of business adjourned indefinitely) with no appointed date. [L, = without day]

sinew.html - n.
an indispensable condition or qualification. [L, = without which not]

sinew.html - n.
a position that requires little or no work but usu. yields profit or honour.

sinecurism n. sinecurist n. [L sine cura without care]

sinew.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone; a tendon.
2 (in pl.) muscles; bodily strength; wiriness.
3 (in pl.) that which forms the strength or framework of a plan, city, organization, etc.

--v.

tr. poet. serve as the sinews of; sustain; hold together.

the sinews of war money.

sinewless adj. sinewy adj. [OE sin(e)we f. Gmc]