Strain

Definition of strain:

To make violent efforts; to be filtered.
To draw out with force; stretch; as, to strain a rope; put to its utmost strength; as, to strain every muscle; injure by overtaxing; as, to strain one's back; make uneasy or unnatural; force; as, to strain a welcome; embrace; as, she strained the child to her breast; filter; as, to strain coffee.
To stretch tight: to draw with force: to exert to the utmost: to injure by overtasking: to make tight: to constrain, make uneasy or unnatural: to filter.
To stretch; exert to the utmost; injure by overtasking; sprain; filter.
To exert to the utmost.
To cause a strain in.
To constrain.
To purify by the use of a strainer.
To make violent efforts; pass through tiny holes; be filtered.
To make violent efforts: to pass through a filter.
To make a violent effort; pass through a filter.
rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; " puree the vegetables for the baby"
test the limits of; " You are trying my patience!"
To percolate; filter.
To become wrenched or twisted.
To stretch; to draw with force; to injure by stretching; to stretch violently; to put to the utmost strength; to purify or separate from extraneous matter by filtration; to filter; to make tighter; to force; to constrain.
To extend with great effort; to injure or weaken by stretching or overtasking; to put to the utmost strength; to make strait or tense; to make violent efforts; to press or squeeze, as in an embrace; to purify by passing through a filter or some porous substance; to filter.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; " she was humming an air from Beethoven"
an intense or violent exertion
( biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; " a new strain of microorganisms"
( physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; " she endured the stresses and strains of life"; " he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R. J. Samuelson
injury to a muscle ( often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.
Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
Rank; a sort.
To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
To squeeze; to press closely.
To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
To make violent efforts.
To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.
A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
Stock; race; line of descent; inborn disposition; a trace or streak; as, a strain of madness; tune or melody; a poem or verse; tone or manner of speech or thought; as, to write or speak in a lofty strain; extreme stretching; a violent effort; injury due to overwork; as, nerve strain; a sprain.
1. A race or stock; said of bacteria or protozoa derived from a definite source and preserved in successive cultures or by successive animal inoculations. 2. An hereditary tendency.
To make tense; to filter. Condition resulting from overwork of a part.
The act of straining: a violent effort: an injury inflicted by straining: a note, sound, or song.
Race: stock: generation: descent.
Act of straining; injury from straining; division of a melody; note; song.
A melody; tune.
Strainer.
A violent effort or exertion.
The injury due to excessive tension or effort.
Prevailing tone.
Line of descent; race; stock.
Natural tendency.
A violent effort; an injury by excessive exertion; drawing or stretching; continued manner of speaking or writing; a song; a particular part of a tune; turn; tendency; manner of speech or action; race; rank; character.
A violent effort; an injury by excessive exertion; the force exerted on a substance tending to cause it to rupture or break; continued manner of speaking or writing; a song; part of a tune or musical composition; manner of speech or action; tendency.

Usage examples for strain

It may be a case of life and death, for the doctor said she couldn't bear any strain, and when I promised, knowing so well all that it meant, she will feel she has good reason for fear, if we do not return. More About Peggy by Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey
But the strain of this hour- was probably- too much. The Scarlet Banner by Felix Dahn
She warned her husband not to get too hot, Alice not to tear her dress, Stephen not to strain his back with pulling. The Man Whom the Trees Loved by Algernon Blackwood
It's the strain of what we're doing. O+F by John Moncure Wetterau

Alphabet:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z