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strain English

Meaning strain meaning

What does strain mean?
Definitions in simple English

strain Noun

— A tune, melody or song. Alone she cuts and binds the grain,brAnd sings a melancholy strain. - William Wordsworth — In biology, a particular species or type of animal or microbe. — Extreme effort to do some work. — Family or lineage.

strain Verb

— You strain when it is difficult to do something and you must work hard to do it. He strained to see his friend from so far away. — To force something or apply a force. — To remove one part of a mixture from another by filtering it.

strain

— verb to exert much effort or energy straining our ears to hear — noun (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces — verb (= extend) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro Don't strain your mind too much — verb (= try) test the limits of You are trying my patience! — noun (= stress) 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 — noun (= air) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence she was humming an air from Beethoven — noun (= mental strain) (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 — noun (= breed) 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 — verb (= tense) cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up — noun (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups a new strain of microorganisms — verb (= sift, sieve) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements sift the flour — verb (= tense) become stretched or tense or taut the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed; the rope strained when the weight was attached — noun injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain — noun an intense or violent exertion — noun (= song) the act of singing with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates — noun (= tenor) the general meaning or substance of an utterance although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument — verb (= puree) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender puree the vegetables for the baby — verb (= filter, filter out) remove by passing through a filter filter out the impurities — verb (= deform) alter the shape of (something) by stress His body was deformed by leprosy — noun (= striving) an effortful attempt to attain a goal

Synonyms strain synonyms

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strain English » English

filter stress tense tension stretch sift sieve tighten sprain rack effort tune extend exertion wind up struggle strech squeeze stock pull pressure melody line force distort try overwork melodic phrase melodic line drain breed air tone tense up tautness strive percolate filtrate exert draw be stern be serious straining song screen reach puree pains nisus nervous strain

Topics strain topics

What do people use strain to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Flow
Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry
Universe, creation Water

Water quality
Person Healthy

Injure
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Nervous

  • What words refer to something that causes someone to feel nervous?
    strain
Work and occupation Work Method

Try, attempt
Work and occupation Occupation

Working with water
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Take something from somewhere
Physical actions Arrange

Tie

Conjugation strain conjugation

How do you conjugate strain?

strain · verb

Examples strain examples

How do I use strain in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The liquid does not strain well.
You'll strain your eyes trying to read in this light.
The rope broke under the strain.
When you skateboard, it puts quite a strain on your knees.
The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell.
Avoid prolonged use of the console. To help prevent eye strain, take a break of about 15 minutes during every hour of play.
I don't think this chain will stand the strain.
France has banned a strain of genetically modified maize.
You strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

Movie subtitles

So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to, er.
The bag has just been found, and the reaction of relief from her excitement and strain.
Any undue strain on your part might easily prove fatal.
Think of the strain involved by his prodigious feat.
Don't let's strain our friendship.
Here's the brilliant proof 100 thousand kilometres from the Earth.and its heart couldn't take the strain!
Well, I'm afraid the strain of excitement's been too much for you, Joyce.
I put it down at the time to the strain, the tension of the operation.
No! - I'll strain my back.
That'll be enough of a strain on that giant intellect of yours.
The strain of preparing for the new opera has excited and confused her.
TAKE STRAIN ON.
Unfortunately for you, however, Francis. they've put quite a strain on our financial reserves.
People do such things under the strain of necessity.
The bag has just been found, and the reaction of relief from her excitement and strain. - is just a little too much for her.
I can't stand the strain. - Wait a second.
This is no strain.
I say that horse is out of the Truxton strain.
You'll strain yourself.
Don't strain yourself. - Yes, sir.
I don't care whether we get that contract or not. - Don't strain yourself, Dutch.
I'll strain my back.
I was afraid the strain was too much for me.
It's just that it's been a strain.
I would like to go on, but the strain is too much.
Well, if the strain becomes too great, you'll find a bottle in the closet there.
Well, I fertilized and crossfertilized and experimented with crop after crop until the strain was fixed.
Don't strain yourself.
Then you didn't have to strain that much.
I'll get one myself. Mustn't strain the arm of the law.
You want me to strain my back?
We don't strain our muscles so we're not burning energy.
But now, in this modern, complicated world, man breaks down under the strain, the bewilderment, disappointment and disillusionment.
Don't strain yourself, please!
No, it's not good to strain yourself.
Eat them myself just when the strain's getting known?

News and current affairs

Deadly mutations of any kind need to be identified urgently, so that an effective vaccine can be designed before the strain becomes comfortable in the human body.
But without an alternative to the nation-state as the basis of citizenship, the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU institutions have come under growing strain.
For example, refugees leaving Sudan can strain the stability of neighboring Chad.
War and its huge cost; the falling dollar; mounting trade and budget deficits; the chicanery that hollowed out companies like Enron and WorldCom; the bursting of the high-tech bubble: capitalism American-style is both under strain and under a cloud.
Yet freedom of speech in the West is under strain.
Citizens' voluntary financing of their countries' national debt would be the most effective means of reducing strain on Europe's financial resources, while simultaneously serving as a powerful symbol of solidarity.
His desire to take the company to the very top of the global car industry, surpassing Toyota, put enormous strain on his managers to deliver growth.
This is a function of a particularly virulent strain of cholera and underlying issues: a weak national health system, poor sanitary conditions, and a lack of clean water and other basic services.
China's financial sector is now increasingly feeling the strain of this rapid credit growth, which has led to overcapacity in favored sectors and mounting debt problems for local governments, SOEs, and banks.
Population pressures will ease, as will the strain on fragile tropical ecosystems.
Of course, listeners must strain to hear the voices of reformists amidst the din of those calling for resistance to the enemy and a return to the pure sources of Islam.
Because reactors located inland put serious strain on local freshwater resources - including greater damage to plant life and fish - water-stressed countries that are not landlocked try to find suitable seashore sites.
The immense response by central banks and finance ministries has eased the strain.
Renewed conflict in Abkhazia would not only bring the risk of open warfare with Russia, but strain relations with Armenia, as there are near to 50,000 Armenians in Abkhazia who support the breakaway government.
The combination of faster household-spending growth and the existing level of exports would cause production bottlenecks and strain capacity, leading to faster increases in the prices of domestically produced goods.
Prolonged periods of strain tend to weaken the fabric of institutional cooperation.
Europe, they argue, faces a mass influx that threatens to place even greater strain on its economies, labor markets, and cultures.
And how compromised might French and German banks become - and thus how much more fiscal strain is in store for France and Germany?
Were it to succeed, it would strain every other country in the eurozone, including those, like Italy and Spain, that have had to carry out their own belt-tightening.
Specifically, a variety of social contracts - for example, health-care and pension entitlements, as well as unemployment benefits - will come under greater strain.
To what extent the EU can take this strain, only time will tell.
The competitive strain in Sino-Japanese relations is especially visible in energy politics.
BERLIN - When placed under too much strain, chains tend to break at the weakest link.
Health-care costs will rise, increasing the strain on budgets.
Europe, however, will play no part in the region, simply because any attempt to do so would place too much strain on its reach and resources.
In places like Vietnam, Indonesia, and China - where the pandemic strain will likely originate - expertise, coordination, discipline, and infrastructure are lacking.
But, if we're ready to rush the pandemic strain into an emergency program to manufacture vaccine, we could possibly blunt the second wave.

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