strān
strained, straining, strains
verb
strained, straining, strains
To draw or stretch tight.
Webster's New World
To exert, use, or tax to the utmost.
To strain every nerve.
Webster's New World
To overtax; injure by overexertion; wrench.
To strain a muscle.
Webster's New World
To change the form or size of, by applying external force.
Webster's New World
To injure or weaken by force, pressure, etc.
The wind strained the roof.
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noun
strains
A straining or being strained.
Webster's New World
The state of being strained.
American Heritage Medicine
Great effort, exertion, or tension.
Webster's New World
Change in form or size, or both, resulting from stress or force.
Webster's New World
An injury to a part of the body as a result of great effort or overexertion.
Muscle strain.
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idiom
strain at stool
- To have difficulty defecating.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Strain
- strain at stool
Origin of Strain
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Middle English streinen from Old French estreindre estrein- to bind tightly from Latin stringere streig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old English strÄ“on, Ä¡estrÄ“on, from Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *streu (cognate with Latin strues (“heap")).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English strene from Old English strēon something gained, progeny ster-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French estreindre (whence French étreindre (“to grip")), from Latin stringere (“to draw tight together, to tie").
From Wiktionary
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Strain Sentence Examples
Darian nodded, hearing the strain in her voice.
His body was starting to feel the strain again, but he pushed himself on.
You'll strain your back.
The principles are the same as those applied to low-pressure work, but all fittings and appliances must, of course, be made to stand the higher strain to which they are subjected.
There were circles under their eyes and strain in their features.
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