pull a muscle

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• pull a muscle — strain a muscle, pull a muscle too far …   English contemporary dictionary

• pull a muscle — injure a muscle, strain a muscle, charley horse    One of our best players pulled a muscle and can t play tonight …   English idioms

• pull — pu̇l vt 1) EXTRACT (1) <pull a tooth> 2) to strain or stretch abnormally <pull a tendon> <pull a muscle> pull n an injury resulting from abnormal straining or stretching esp. of a muscle see GROIN PULL * * * (p l) 1. to …   Medical dictionary

• pull — [pool] vt. [ME pullen < OE pullian, to pluck, snatch with the fingers: ? akin to MLowG pull, a husk, shell] 1. to exert force or influence on so as to cause to move toward or after the source of the force; drag, tug, draw, attract, etc. 2. a)… …   English World dictionary

• pull — [[t]p ʊl[/t]] ♦♦ pulls, pulling, pulled 1) VERB When you pull something, you hold it firmly and use force in order to move it towards you or away from its previous position. [V n with adv] They have pulled out patients teeth unnecessarily... [V n …   English dictionary

• muscle — mus|cle1 [ mʌsl ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a piece of flesh that connects one bone to another and is used for moving a particular part of your body: These exercises are good for your stomach muscles. pull a muscle (=injure a muscle): He… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• muscle — I UK [ˈmʌs(ə)l] / US noun Word forms muscle : singular muscle plural muscles *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a piece of flesh that connects one bone to another and is used for moving a particular part of your body These exercises are good for… …   English dictionary

• muscle — 1 / mVsFl/ noun 1 (C, U) one of the pieces of flesh inside your body that connects your bones together and that you use when you move: The next day the muscles in my arm felt sore. | arm/chest/stomach muscles: bulging chest muscles | pull a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …   Medical dictionary

• pull — ► VERB 1) exert force on (something) so as to move it towards oneself or the origin of the force. 2) remove by pulling. 3) informal bring out (a weapon) for use. 4) move steadily: the bus pulled away. 5) move oneself with effort or against… …   English terms dictionary

• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium