Definition of strain

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

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Stipe :: Stintless (a.) Without stint or restraint.
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
Work :: Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea..
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint..
Titter :: Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To squeeze; to press closely.
Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.
Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..
Cullender :: Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.
Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
Strain :: Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..
Morendo :: Morendo (a. & n.) Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.
Lawless :: Lawless (a.) Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior..
Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
Lard :: Lard (n.) The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained..
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..
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