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Strain

noun

1.

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces.

2.

Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension. Synonym: stress. "He presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"

3.

A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune.

4.

(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress. Synonyms: mental strain, nervous strain. "The mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him"

5.

A special variety of domesticated animals within a species. Synonyms: breed, stock. "He created a new strain of sheep"

6.

(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups. Synonyms: form, var., variant.

7.

Injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain.

8.

The general meaning or substance of an utterance. Synonym: tenor.

9.

An effortful attempt to attain a goal. Synonyms: nisus, pains, striving.

10.

An intense or violent exertion. Synonym: straining.

11.

The act of singing. Synonym: song.

verb

(past & past part. strained; pres. part. straining)

1.

To exert much effort or energy. Synonyms: reach, strive.

2.

Test the limits of. Synonyms: stress, try.

3.

Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity. Synonym: extend. "Don't strain your mind too much"

4.

Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. Synonyms: sieve, sift.

5.

Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. Synonyms: tense, tense up. Antonyms: relax, unstrain.

6.

Become stretched or tense or taut. Synonym: tense. "The rope strained when the weight was attached"

7.

Remove by passing through a filter. Synonyms: filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out.

8.

Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. Synonym: puree.

9.

Alter the shape of (something) by stress. Synonyms: deform, distort.

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"Strain" Quotes from Famous Books

... her beauty tell I may, That she was hike the bright morrow of May Full filled of all beauty and pleasance. This January is ravish'd in a trance, At every time he looked in her face; But in his heart he gan her to menace, That he that night in armes would her strain Harder than ever Paris did Helene. But natheless yet had he great pity That thilke night offende her must he, And thought, "Alas, O tender creature, Now woulde God ye mighte well endure All my courage, it is so sharp and keen; I am aghast* ye shall it not sustene. *afraid ...

— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer

... the Congress of Vienna and of the so-called Holy Alliance of the monarchs who sought to perpetuate them. The effect of this widespread discontent was not felt at once. The peoples were too exhausted by the terrific strain of the Napoleonic wars to do much for a generation or more, save in times of popular excitement. Except in the south-east of Europe, where Greece, with the aid of Russia, Britain, and France, wrested her political independence from the grasp of the Sultan (1827), the forty years that succeeded ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... made no answer, but pulled at the oars. The reaction from the day and evening of strain and peril was upon him. He was unutterably weary, though more in mind than in body. The clumsy skiff seemed only to crawl. Trusting the orders of Sicinnus to steer him aright, he closed his eyes. One picture after another of his old life came up before him now he was in the stadium at ...

— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis

... was an oppressive day, and she had been under a mental strain of no small severity. Now she was longing to be at home to tell her mother all her strange adventures, and she had yet to find out by ...

— A Crooked Path - A Novel • Mrs. Alexander

... double boiler, retaining enough of it to moisten the corn starch. Put the coconut into the milk while it is hot, and allow it to remain for 5 or 10 minutes after the milk has become heated. Then strain through a ricer or a strainer to remove all the liquid possible, and return the milk to the double boiler. Mix the sugar and salt with the corn starch and moisten with the cold milk. Add this to the hot milk and cook for ...

— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

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