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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Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up..
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To strain; to make tense.
Large :: Large (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
Sprunt :: Sprung (a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
Behave :: Behave (v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
Limbus :: Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo..
Unconstraint :: Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease.
Riot :: Riot (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint.
Bondage :: Bondage (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style..
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..
Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
Strain :: Straining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strai.
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..
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