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- DictionaryStrain/strān/
verb
- 1. force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make a strenuous or unusually great effort: "I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound"
- 2. pour (a mainly liquid substance) through a porous or perforated device or material in order to separate out any solid matter: "strain the custard into a bowl"
noun
- 1. a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree: "the usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine"
- 2. a severe or excessive demand on the strength, resources, or abilities of someone or something: "the accusations put a strain on relations between the two countries"
1. a. : lineage, ancestry. b. : a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions. a high-yielding strain of winter wheat. broadly : a specified infraspecific group (such as a stock, line, or ecotype) c. : kind, sort.
Strain definition: to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full. See examples of STRAIN used in a sentence.
STRAIN definition: 1. a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes causing…. Learn more.
a feeling of being worried and nervous about something: The strain of the last few months had exhausted her. put a strain on sb/sth. to cause problems for someone or to make a situation difficult: Children put tremendous strains on a marriage.
To strain is to stretch tightly, make taut, wrench, tear, cause injury to, by long-continued or sudden and too violent effort or movement: to strain one's heart by overexertion, one's eyes by reading small print.
1. a. To pull, draw, or stretch tight: The heavy load strained the rope. b. Physics To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform. 2. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost: straining our ears to hear. 3. To injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; wrench: strain a muscle. 4.
[countable, uncountable] mental pressure or worry felt by somebody because they have too much to do or manage; something that causes this pressure. You will learn to cope with the stresses and strains of public life. I found it a strain having to concentrate for so long. Relax, and let us take the strain (= do things for you).
to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope. to exert to the utmost: to strain one's ears to catch a sound. to impair, injure, or weaken (a muscle, tendon, etc.) by stretching or overexertion.
strain. [uncountable, countable] pressure on someone or something because they have too much to do or manage, or something very difficult to deal with; the problems, worry, or anxiety that this produces Their marriage is under great strain at the moment.
To draw or stretch tight. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. 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. Similar definitions. To change the form or size of, by applying external force. Webster's New World.
