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