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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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Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

Contain :: Contain (v. i.) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

Unconstraint :: Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease.

Flighty :: Flighty (a.) Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious..

Footpath :: Footpath (n.) A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.

Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control..

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction..

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Percolate :: Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

Free :: Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..

Mot :: Mot (n.) A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.

Self-control :: Self-control (n.) Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.