strain

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• February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

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

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  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

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  (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"

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  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"

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

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

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  an effortful attempt to attain a goal

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  an intense or violent exertion

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — noun — english

  the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"; "the rope strained when the weight was attached"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  strain — verb — english

  alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"