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strain1
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- pronunciation:
- streIn
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
strains, straining, strained |
| definition 1: |
to pull or stretch to a high degree of tension.
- synonyms:
- pull, stretch, tighten
- similar words:
- bend, draw, elongate, extend, rack, stress, tauten
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| definition 2: |
to exert or extend to the maximum.
- synonyms:
- exert
- similar words:
- bend, rack, sensitize, stress, stretch
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| definition 3: |
to push beyond limit, reason, or endurance.
- synonyms:
- overexert, overextend
- similar words:
- exert, exhaust, fatigue, force, overburden, overdo, overtax, push, stress, stretch, tax, wipe out
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| definition 4: |
to injure, impair, or weaken by excessive stress.
He strained a muscle during practice.- synonyms:
- injure, pull
- similar words:
- damage, fatigue, hurt, sprain, twist, wrench
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| definition 5: |
to cause through stress, mechanical failure of.
- similar words:
- crack, fatigue, rack
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| definition 6: |
to pass (a substance) through a sieve or filter.
The chef strained the sauce.- synonyms:
- filter, sieve
- similar words:
- drain, purify, rack, refine, screen
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| definition 7: |
to remove (something) by filtering.
The chef strained the lumps from the sauce.- synonyms:
- filter
- similar words:
- extract, remove, screen
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| related words: |
bolt, burden, distress, drive, embarrass, filter, fray, pull, stretch, try, turn, wear |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to pull energetically or forcibly.
- similar words:
- heave, pull, struggle, tug
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| definition 2: |
to expend the maximum amount of effort; strive.
- synonyms:
- labor, strive
- similar words:
- drive, press on, slave, struggle, toil, tug, work
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| definition 3: |
to put one's nerves and muscles under the maximum amount of stress.
- similar words:
- strive, toil
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| definition 4: |
to filter, trickle, or percolate through something.
- synonyms:
- filter, sieve
- similar words:
- drip, ooze, percolate, trickle
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| related words: |
fatigue, labor, lug |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of straining.
- synonyms:
- tension
- similar words:
- fatigue
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| definition 2: |
the condition of being strained.
- synonyms:
- effort, exertion
- similar words:
- fatigue, tension
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| definition 3: |
an injury or impairment resulting from placing too much stress on some part of the body.
- similar words:
- wrench
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| definition 4: |
extreme pressure or force, sometimes causing harm or deformity.
- synonyms:
- stress
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| definition 5: |
severe or exhausting emotional pressure.
- synonyms:
- stress, tension
- similar words:
- fatigue, pressure, tax
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| related words: |
brunt, burden, distress, exertion, fatigue, kind, load, nerve, travail, tug, twist, weight |
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| derivations: |
strainless (adj.), strainingly (adv.), strainlessly (adv.) |
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