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Definition of strain

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Strain (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle..

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Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To restrain; to confine.

Strain :: Strain (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement..

Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..

Constrained :: Constrained (a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone..

Tug :: Tug (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream..

Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.

Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..

Loose :: Loose (superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of..

Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.

Free :: Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock..

Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind..

Dithyramb :: Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain..

Superstrata :: Superstrain (v. t.) To overstrain.

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care..

Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Confiner :: Confiner (n.) One who, or that which, limits or restrains..

Intention :: Intention (n.) The state of being strained. See Intension.