## Meanings
1. One of the parts of the body that produce movement by tightening and relaxing.
2. Physical strength.
3. Power or influence, especially used to force others.
4. To push your way forward using force.

## Examples
- Lifting weights helps you build stronger muscles.
- It took a lot of muscle to move the heavy piano.
- The senators used their muscle to force the leader to resign.
- They muscled their way into the crowded office.

## Derived Forms
- hypermuscle
- intermuscle
- muscle-bound
- muscle-prism
- muscle-queen
- muscle-up
- musclebike
- muscleblind
- musclebound
- musclebrain
- muscled
- muscledom

## Related Forms
- mouse
- myology
- myotomy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: muscle
- Root: mūsculus

## Etymology
From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.

## AI Etymology
Muscle comes from Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse. In present-day English its meanings include one of the parts of the body that produce movement by tightening and relaxing, physical strength, and power or influence, especially used to force others. The historical chain runs through muscle (Middle English), muscle (Middle French), and mūsculus (Latin). Related and derived forms include mouse, myology, myotomy, and hypermuscle.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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