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Definition of strain

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Strain (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career..

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

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..

Restriction :: Restriction (n.) That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade..

Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.

Bondage :: Bondage (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

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

Tolerate :: Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices..

Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine..

Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..

Modest :: Modest (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man..

Restrainedly :: Restrainedly (adv.) With restraint.

Obstringe :: Obstringe (v. t.) To constrain; to put under obligation.

Winch :: Winch (n.) An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..

Song :: Song (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem..

Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.