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Definition of strain

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Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..

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Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..

Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..

Runaway :: Runaway (n.) One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive..

Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..

Coaction :: Coaction (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling..

Saturnalian :: Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.

Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..

Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..

Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint..

Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.

Strain :: Strain (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Ruly :: Ruly (a.) Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to unruly.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.