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Definition of Strain

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

2. Verb. To exert much effort or energy. "Straining our ears to hear"

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

4. Verb. Test the limits of. "You are trying my patience!"

5. Noun. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. "She was humming an air from Beethoven"

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

7. Noun. (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress. "The mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him"

8. Verb. Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. "Sift the flour"

9. Noun. A special variety of domesticated animals within a species. "He created a new strain of sheep"

10. Verb. Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. "He got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"

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

12. Verb. Become stretched or tense or taut. "The rope strained when the weight was attached"

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

14. Verb. Remove by passing through a filter. "Filter out the impurities"

15. Noun. The general meaning or substance of an utterance. "Although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"

16. Verb. Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. "Puree the vegetables for the baby"

17. Noun. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.

18. Verb. Alter the shape of (something) by stress. "His body was deformed by leprosy"

19. Noun. An intense or violent exertion.

20. Noun. The act of singing. "With a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

Definition of Strain

1. n. Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

2. v. t. To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.

3. v. i. To make violent efforts.

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

5. n. A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.

Definition of Strain

1. Noun. (obsolete) Treasure. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree. ¹

4. Noun. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. ¹

5. Noun. A tendency or disposition ¹

6. 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 ¹

7. Noun. (biology) A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc. ¹

8. 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. ¹

9. Noun. (rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.). ¹

10. Verb. (obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp. ¹

11. Verb. To apply a force or forces to by stretching out. ¹

12. Verb. To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable. ¹

13. Verb. To tighten (the strings of a musical instrument); to uplift (one’s voice). ¹

14. Verb. To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander ¹

15. Noun. The act of straining, or the state of being strained. ¹

16. Noun. A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles. ¹

17. Noun. An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain. ¹

18. Noun. (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 ? 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. ¹

19. Noun. (obsolete) The track of a deer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strain

1. to exert to the utmost [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strain

straightish straightjacket straightjackets straightlaced straightly straightnesses straights straightway straightways straik

straiked straiking straiks strain (current term) strain burst strain energy strain gage strain gauge strain gauges strainable

strainably strained strained silicon strainer strainer vine strainers strainful straining

Literary usage of Strain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"(1) For normal stress p and linear strain e in the direction of p P = Ee; The longitudinal strain e is always accompanied by a strain <? ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Besides enabling us to express the extension in any direction and the changes of relative direction of any filaments of the body, the components of strain ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Since then the strain or race known as Shirley poppies has surpassed all others. This strain was developed by the Rev. W. Wilks, secretary of the Royal ..."

4. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1902)
"strain-diagrams are diagrams which show the relations which the increments of ... If the strain-diagrams of several specimens be drawn on the same sheet, ..."

5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1890)
"THE RECOGNITION OF EYE-strain BY THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER. ... [Read June 25, 1890 ] THE attempt to give relief from the symptoms of eye-strain by a careful ..."

6. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"Crossover events can be detected by strain distribution patterns (SDPs) of ... RI strain sets are like a linkage cross-frozen in time, and genotyping is ..."

7. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1856)
"strain OP THE FETLOCK. strain of the fetlock is frequently occasioned by bending the joint in a lateral direction, and injuring the capsular ligaments of ..."

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