English-Thai Dictionary
brawn
N กล้ามเนื้อ กำลัง กล้ามเนื้อ muscle klam-nuea
brawn
N เนื้อ สุกร เนื้อหมู ป่า เค็ม nuea-su-kon
brawny
ADJ ซึ่ง มี กล้ามเนื้อ แข็งแรง sueng-me-klam-nuea-kaeng-rang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BRAWN
n.[L. aprugnus, caro aprugna.] 1. The flesh of a boar, or the animal.
2. The fleshy, protuberant, muscular part of the body.
3. Bulk; muscular strength.
4. The arm, from its muscles or strength.
BRAWNED
a.Brawny; strong.
BRAWNER
n.A boar killed for the table.
BRAWNINESS
n.The quality of being brawny; strength; hardiness.
BRAWNY
a.Musculous; fleshy; bulky; having large, strong muscles; strong.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BRAWN
Brawn, n. Etym: [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br flesh, G.braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br flesh, food of beasts, AS. brbr to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed. ]
1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs. ] Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer.
2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm. Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden. It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.
3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn. Mortimer.
4. A boar. [Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.
BRAWNED
BRAWNED Brawned, a.
Defn: Brawny; strong; muscular. [Obs. ] Spenser.
BRAWNER
BRAWNER Brawn "er, n.
Defn: A boor killed for the table.
BRAWNINESS
BRAWNINESS Brawn "i *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being brawny.
BRAWNY
BRAWNY Brawn "y, a.
Defn: Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." W. Irving.
Syn. -- Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust.
New American Oxford Dictionary
brawn
brawn |brôn brɔn | ▶noun 1 physical strength in contrast to intelligence: commando work required as much brain as brawn. 2 Brit. meat from a pig's or calf's head that is cooked and pressed in a pot with jelly. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French braon ‘fleshy part of the leg, ’ of Germanic origin; related to German Braten ‘roast meat. ’
brawny
brawn y |ˈbrônē ˈbrɔni | ▶adjective ( brawnier, brawniest ) physically strong; muscular. DERIVATIVES brawn i ness noun
Oxford Dictionary
brawn
brawn |brɔːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 physical strength in contrast to intelligence: commando work required as much brain as brawn. 2 Brit. meat from a pig's or calf's head that is cooked and pressed in a pot with jelly. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French braon ‘fleshy part of the leg ’, of Germanic origin; related to German Braten ‘roast meat ’.
brawny
brawny |ˈbrɔːni | ▶adjective ( brawnier, brawniest ) physically strong; muscular. DERIVATIVES brawniness noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
brawn
brawn noun he has certainly developed his brawn since high school: physical strength, muscle (s ), burliness, huskiness, toughness, power, might; vigor, punch; informal beef, beefiness.
brawny
brawny adjective the brawny young hunks at the gym: strong, muscular, muscly, well-built, hard-bodied, powerful, mighty, Herculean, strapping, burly, sturdy, husky, rugged; hefty, solid; informal beefy, hunky. ANTONYMS puny, weak.
Oxford Thesaurus
brawn
brawn noun commando work requires as much brain as brawn: physical strength, muscle, muscles, muscular strength, muscularity, muscliness, brawniness, burliness, huskiness, robustness, toughness, powerfulness, might, mightiness, lustiness; informal beef, beefiness; literary thew, thewiness. ANTONYMS weakness, puniness.
brawny
brawny adjective a big brawny man with tattooed arms: strong, as strong as an ox, muscular, well muscled, muscly, muscle-bound, well built, powerfully built, powerful, mighty, Herculean, strapping, burly, robust, sturdy, husky, lusty, sinewy, well knit, rugged; bulky, hefty, meaty, solid, solidly built; informal beefy, hunky, hulking; dated stalwart; literary thewy, stark. ANTONYMS scrawny, puny, weak.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
brawn
brawn /brɔːn /名詞 U 1 (知力に対し )体力, (強靱 (じん )な )筋 [腕 ]力 ; 筋肉 .2 ⦅英 ⦆=headcheese .
brawny
brawn y /brɔ́ːni /形容詞 筋肉隆々の, 筋骨たくましい ; (筋肉質で )体格の良い [がっしりとした ].br á wn i ness 名詞