Definition of strain

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

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Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint.
Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
Strainable :: Strainable (a.) Capable of being strained.
Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..
Strain :: Straining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strai.
Confine :: Confine (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style..
Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference..
Restrainer :: Restrainer (n.) One who, or that which, restrains..
Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..
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..
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..
Sprunt :: Sprung (a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..
Colander :: Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like..
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