strain

B1
Pronunciation
/stɹeɪ̯n/
Noun
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

Treasure.

2 Definition

The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.

3 Definition

Race; lineage, pedigree.

4 Definition

Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.

Example Sentences
  • There is a strain of madness in her family.
5 Definition

A tendency or disposition.

6 Definition

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

7 Definition

A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.

Example Sentences
  • They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.
8 Definition

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.

9 Definition

A kind or sort (of person etc.).

10 Definition

Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.

11 Definition

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

12 Definition

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.

Example Sentences
  • he jumped up with a strain;   the strain upon the sailboat's rigging
13 Definition

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

14 Definition

A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.

15 Definition

The track of a deer.

Verb
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

To hold tightly, to clasp.

2 Definition

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

Example Sentences
  • Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.
3 Definition

To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

Example Sentences
  • The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
4 Definition

To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.

5 Definition

To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.

Example Sentences
  • Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.
6 Definition

To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.

Example Sentences
  • to strain the law in order to convict an accused person
7 Definition

To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander

8 Definition

To percolate; to be filtered.

Example Sentences
  • water straining through a sandy soil
9 Definition

To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

10 Definition

To urge with importunity; to press.

Example Sentences
  • to strain a petition or invitation
11 Definition

Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.

12 Definition

To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

Example Sentences
  • A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.