Strain meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

2. Noun

Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.

3. Noun

Rank; a sort.

4. Adjective

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.

5. Adjective

To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.

6. Adjective

To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

7. Adjective

To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.

8. Adjective

To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.

9. Adjective

To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.

10. Adjective

To squeeze; to press closely.

11. Adjective

To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

12. Adjective

To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.

13. Adjective

To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.

14. Verb

To make violent efforts.

15. Verb

To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.

16. Noun

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

17. Noun

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.

18. Noun

A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.

19. Noun

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.

20. Noun

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; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career.

21. Noun

Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.

22. noun

How much a material changes shape compared with its original size.

The proportional deformation of a material under stress.

23. Noun

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

Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

24. Noun

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

Vocabulary classified under Physics

25. Noun

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"

Vocabulary classified under Biology

26. Noun

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

Vocabulary classified under Biology

27. Noun

(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"

Vocabulary classified under Psychology

28. Noun

an intense or violent exertion

Vocabulary classified under Economics

29. Noun

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

Vocabulary classified under Engineering