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• strain — strain1 [strān] vt. [ME streinen < OFr estraindre, to strain, wring hard < L stringere, to draw tight: see STRICT] 1. to draw or stretch tight 2. to exert, use, or tax to the utmost [to strain every nerve] 3. to overtax; injure by… …   English World dictionary

• strain — strain1 strainingly, adv. strainless, adj. strainlessly, adv. /strayn/, v.t. 1. to draw tight or taut, esp. to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one s ears to catch a sound. 3. to… …   Universalium

• strain — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, abrade, affectation, affiliation, agitation, aim, air, all overs, anacrusis, ancestry, angst, animal kingdom, animus, antistrophe, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious… …   Moby Thesaurus

• strain — I. /streɪn / (say strayn) verb (t) 1. to draw tight or taut; stretch, especially to the utmost tension: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one s ears to catch a sound. 3. to impair, injure, or weaken by stretching or… …  

• strain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English streen progeny, lineage, from Old English strēon gain, acquisition; akin to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere to heap up more at strew Date: 13th century 1. a. lineage, ancestry b. a group of presumed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• strain — I [[t]streɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to draw tight; make taut: to strain a rope[/ex] 2) to exert to the utmost: to strain one s reach[/ex] 3) to injure (a muscle, tendon, etc.) by stretching or overexertion 4) to cause mechanical deformation in by stress… …   From formal English to slang

• strain — {{11}}strain (n.1) injury caused by straining, 1550s, from STRAIN (Cf. strain) (v.). The meaning passage of music (1570s) probably developed from a verbal sense of to tighten the voice, originally the strings of a musical instrument (late 14c.).… …   Etymology dictionary

• passage — 1. The act of passing. 2. A discharge, as from the bowels or of urine. 3. Inoculation of a series of animals with the same strain of a pathogenic microorganism whereby the virulence usually is increased, but is sometimes diminished. 4. A channel …   Medical dictionary

• passage — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, about face, abysm, abyss, acceptance, access, acciaccatura, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adit, adoption, advance, advancement, advancing, adventure, air lock,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• strain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stretch, make taut; strive, exert; sprain; overtax, overstretch; filter, percolate. See cleanness, egress, exaggeration. n. effort, exertion; pressure; line of descent, stock, ancestry; streak,… …   English dictionary for students

• passage — n 1. portion, section, part, bit, article; selection, excerpt, extract, {pi.) analects; paragraph, verse, line, sentence, clause, quotation, citation; chapter, column; fascicle, installment, serial, number. 2. phrase, measure, strain, bar; verse …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder