Definition of strain

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Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..

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Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.
Styptic :: Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference..
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint..
Forced :: Forced (a.) Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh..
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.
Distrainable :: Distrainable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force..
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..
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
Morendo :: Morendo (a. & n.) Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.
Coaction :: Coaction (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling..
Mastiff :: Mastiff (n.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Large :: Large (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
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