Definition of strain

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Strain (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition..

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Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.
Movement :: Movement (n.) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony..
Qualifier :: Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains..
Free :: Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..
Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Enforcive :: Enforcive (a.) Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction..
Dispunishable :: Dispunishable (a.) Without penal restraint; not punishable.
Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..
Tirade :: Tirade (n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..
Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
Hogged :: Hogged (a.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i..
Unlimited :: Unlimited (a.) Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
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