Definition of stress

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Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35..

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Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress..
Solace :: Solace (v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..
Dreary :: Dreary (superl.) Sorrowful; distressful.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure..
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..
Impostress :: Impostress (n.) Alt. of Impostri.
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
Strain :: Strain (n.) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison..
Housewife :: Housewife (n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
Distress :: Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away..
Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Needlework :: Needlework (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress..
Eloign :: Eloign (v. t.) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress..
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