strain




strain - noun

  • (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
  • difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
  • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  • (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
  • a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
  • (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
  • injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
  • the general meaning or substance of an utterance
  • an effortful attempt to attain a goal
  • an intense or violent exertion
  • the act of singing

  • strain - verb

    strain - thesaurus

    air   breed   deform   distort   extend   filter   filtrate   form   line   melody   nisus   pains   puree   reach   sieve   sift   song   stock   straining   stress   strive   striving   tenor   tense   try   tune   variant