Definition of strain

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Strain (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation..

Lern More About Strain

Strain :: Strain (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
Strained :: Strainably (adv.) Violently.
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Abandonedly :: Abandonedly (adv.) Unrestrainedly.
Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
Imprison Ment :: Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint..
Self-control :: Self-control (n.) Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
Tensity :: Tensity (n.) The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness..
Strainer :: Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained..
Distrained :: Distrained (imp. & p. p.) of Distrai.
Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..
Restraining :: Restraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restrai.
Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument..
Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..
Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.
Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..
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