muscle
From Wiktionary
muscle is part of the Basic English 850.
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- A muscle is a part of the body of a person or animal. It's a part that pulls to make parts of the body move.
- He can lift heavy things because he has strong muscles.
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- To muscle is to use strength or muscles to do something.
- He muscled his way into the room between the people who were trying to stop him.
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| Parts of the body (edit) | |
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| head | ears - eyes - nose - mouth - chin |
| torso | neck - throat - shoulders - chest - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back |
| internal organs | heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus |
| extremities | arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes |
| sex organs | penis - vagina - testicle - ovary |
