strain in English dictionary

  • strain

    Meanings and definitions of "strain"

    • (obsolete) Treasure.
    • (obsolete) The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
    • (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
    • Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
    • A tendency or disposition
    • (literary) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
    • (biology) A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.
    • (music) 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.
    • (rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.).
    • (obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp.
    • To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
    • To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
    • To tighten (the strings of a musical instrument); to uplift (one’s voice).
    • To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
    • The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
    • A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
    • An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
    • (uncountable) (engineering) The amount by which a material deforms under stress or force, given as a ratio of the deformation to the initial dimension of the material and typically symbolised by ε is termed the engineering strain. The true strain is defined as the natural logarithm of the ratio of the final dimension to the initial dimension.
    • (obsolete) The track of a deer.
    • noun
      The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
    • noun
      A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
    • noun
      An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
    • noun
      (uncountable, engineering)
      A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The track of a deer.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Treasure.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      Race; lineage, pedigree.
    • noun
      Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
    • noun
      A tendency or disposition.
    • noun
      (literary)
      Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
    • noun
      (biology)
      A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.
    • noun
      (music)
      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.
    • noun
      (rare)
      A kind or sort (of person etc.).
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To hold tightly, to clasp.
    • verb
      To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
    • verb
      To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
    • verb
      To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
    • verb
      To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
    • verb
      To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To percolate; to be filtered.
    • verb
      To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
    • verb
      To urge with importunity; to press.
    • A special variety of domesticated animals within a species.
    • Injury to a muscle due to overstretching of the muscle fibers.
    • A population or type of organisms that is genetically different from others of the same species and possessing a set of defined characteristics.
    • strain (e.g. in relations)
    • force (meaning)
    • strain (strain away liquid)
    • strain (muscle)
    • To separate or isolate components from one another with the help of a filter.
    • (to) strain (strain away liquid)
    • Nervousness resulting from mental stress.
    • Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces.
    • A group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.
    • The general meaning or substance of an utterance.
    • An intense or violent exertion.
    • The act of singing.
    • An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
    • To exert much effort or energy.
    • To test the limits of.
    • Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension.
    • To cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.
    • To alter the shape of (something) by stress.
    • Race; stock; generation; descent; family
    • Hereditary character, quality, or disposition
    • variant of living species
    • to stretch too far
    • to apply a force
    • to tighten the strings
    • to separate
    • A group of individuals derived by descent from a single individual within a species.
    • a verse (e.g. in the Bible)
    • A stimulus or succession of stimuli of such magnitude as to tend to disrupt the homeostasis of the organism.
    • strain (e.g. one’s voice)
    • bear down (in giving birth)
    • A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
    • To use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.
    • To separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.
    • To rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender.
    • To become stretched or tense or taut.
    • noun
      an effortful attempt to attain a goal
    • noun
      an intense or violent exertion
    • noun
      a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
    • noun
      a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
    • noun
      (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
    • noun
      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
    • noun
      injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
    • noun
      (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
    • noun
      (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him"
    • noun
      the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
    • noun
      the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
    • verb
      alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
    • verb
      become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"; "the rope strained when the weight was attached"
    • verb
      cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
    • verb
      remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
    • verb
      rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
    • verb
      separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
    • verb
      test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
    • verb
      to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
    • verb
      use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
    • (to) strain

    Synonyms of "strain" in English dictionary

    travail, tense, form are the top synonyms of "strain" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "strain" in English dictionary

    relax, unstrain are the top antonyms of "strain" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of strain

    • strain ( third-person singular simple present strains, present participle straining, simple past and past participle strained)
    • strain ( plural  strains)
    • strain ( countable and uncountable;  plural  strains)
    • strain (countable and uncountable, plural strains)
    • strain (plural strains)
    • strain (third-person singular simple present strains, present participle straining, simple past and past participle strained)
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