strained
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
strained
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
strained
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ showing signs of mental and emotional tension; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
strained
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
soup-strainer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ slang for a mustache
strainer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
straining
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
straining
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an intense or violent exertion
straining
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
strait
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
Strait of Ormuz
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Strait of Dover
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
Strait of Gibraltar
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between Spain and Africa
Strait of Hormuz
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Strait of Messina
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy
Strait of Georgia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland
Strait of Calais
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
strait and narrow
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the way of proper and honest behavior; "he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow"
Strait of Magellan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built
strait
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water