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Definition of muscled

muscled

/ˈmʌs.əld/
mus · cled
Past Simple:muscled
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Past Participle:muscled
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Present Participle:muscling
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muscled Lexical Profile

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• adjective

1

Having well-developed or prominent muscles; muscular (often used in combination).

Example

"The rowers had broad, heavily muscled shoulders from years of rigorous training on the river."

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• verb

1

To move an object or force one's way by using physical strength, power, or coercion (past tense and past participle of "muscle").

Example

"The movers muscled the heavy upright piano up the narrow flight of stairs."

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• Rhymes for muscled

• Nearby Words

muscat
muscatel
muscle
muscled
muscleless
muscleman
musclewood

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed from the noun and verb "muscle," which derives via Middle French from Latin musculus, literally meaning "little mouse" (a diminutive of mus, "mouse"), so named because the movement of flexing muscles beneath the skin was thought to resemble a mouse darting about.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Muscled. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/muscled
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