Caesar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now
Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point?' Upon the word,
Accoutred as I was, I plunged in
And bade him follow; so indeed he did.
The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it
With lusty sinews, throwing it aside
And stemming it with hearts of controversy;
But ere we could arrive the point proposed,
Caesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!'

The word in bold means

Question

Caesar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now
Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point?' Upon the word,
Accoutred as I was, I plunged in
And bade him follow; so indeed he did.
The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it
With lusty sinews, throwing it aside
And stemming it with hearts of controversy;
But ere we could arrive the point proposed,
Caesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!'

The word in bold means

anonymous · Answer

Greek mythology
	rushing water
	muscle strength
	dressed in uniform

anonymous · Answer

sinews is the word in bold

anonymous · Answer

sinews: a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament

anonymous · Answer

But it doesn't make sense in this.

anonymous · Answer

I would say muscle strength, since sinew has to do with the tissue connecting muscle with bone, it does make more sense than any of the other choices. "With lusty muscle strength, throwing it aside"