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strain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stress |
| Type of | difficulty |
she endured the stresses and strains of life.
strain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune |
| Type of | music |
| Has types | signature tune, theme, fanfare, flourish, glissando, idea, leitmotif, leitmotiv, melodic theme, musical theme, voice, part, tucket, roulade, signature, theme song |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | song |
| Type of | vocal music |
| Has types | cradlesong, lullaby, carol |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out |
| Type of | separate |
| Derivation | strainer |
strain::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extend |
| Type of | use, utilise, employ, apply, utilize |
| Has types | overstrain, overextend, task, tax |
| Derivation | straining |
Don't strain your mind too much.
strain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | form, var., variant |
| Type of | taxonomic group, taxon, taxonomic category |
a new strain of microorganisms.
strain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breed, stock |
| Type of | variety, animal group |
| Has types | pedigree, bloodstock |
he created a new strain of sheep.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | reach, strive |
| Type of | drive, tug, labour, push, labor |
| Has types | overexert oneself, kill oneself, inconvenience oneself, extend oneself, bother, trouble, trouble oneself |
straining our ears to hear.
strain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mental strain, nervous strain |
| Type of | nerves, nervousness |
| Has types | tension, stress, tenseness |
his responsibilities were a constant strain.
the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him.
strain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | deformation |
| Has types | overstrain |
Examples of strain
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Duhon has been out the last two games with a ligament strain in his right thumb.
From the usatoday.com
More to the point, can his family hold together under the strain of being outed?
From the online.wsj.com
They found 18 of the 30 children tested carried the strain, but had no symptoms.
From the newscientist.com
Rodrigo Roncero has recovered from a thigh muscle strain to face the All Blacks.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It's suspected that the team's top-line center is suffering from a groin strain.
From the bostonherald.com
Avoid any exercise that might strain the muscles around your neck and shoulders.
From the telegraph.co.uk
H1N1 is the predominant strain in those cases where influenza has been detected.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I just now heard that could even be an E. coli strain completely unknown so far.
From the independent.co.uk
Luke Burgess is the latest front-rower to succumb to injury, with a knee strain.
From the independent.co.uk
- (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- Strive: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
- Stress: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
- Try: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- Tune: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
- Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
- In biology, a strain is a low-level taxonomic rank used in three related ways.
- In chemistry, a molecule experiences strain when its chemical structure undergoes some stress which raises its internal energy in comparison to a strain-free reference compound. The internal energy of a molecule consists of all the energy stored within it. ...
- In materials science, deformation is a change in the shape or size of an object due to an applied force. This can be a result of tensile (pulling) forces, compressive (pushing) forces, shear, bending or torsion (twisting). Deformation is often described as strain.
