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"Strain" Definition
noun
A kind or sort: imaginings of a morbid strain.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A passage of poetic and especially lyrical expression.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A prevailing quality, as of attitude or behavior.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A wrench, twist, or other physical injury resulting from excessive tension, effort, or use.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An artificial variety of a domestic animal or cultivated plant.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Physics To alter (the relations between the parts of a structure or shape) by applying an external force; deform.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To draw off or remove by filtration: strained the pulp from the juice.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To embrace or clasp tightly; hug.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To exert or tax to the utmost: straining our ears to hear.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; wrench: strain a muscle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To be extremely hesitant; balk: a mule that strained at the lead.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To be or become wrenched or twisted.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To be subjected to great stress.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To filter, trickle, or ooze.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To make violent or steady efforts; strive hard: straining to reach the finish line.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To draw tight cause to fit firmly .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To stretch to maximum extension and tautness .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To exert (as oneself) to the utmost.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To injure by overuse, misuse, or excessive pressure .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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