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    strain
    [strān]
    verb
    strain (verb) · strains (third person present) · strained (past tense) · strained (past participle) · straining (present participle)
    1. force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make a strenuous or unusually great effort:
      "I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound"
    2. pour (a mainly liquid substance) through a porous or perforated device or material in order to separate out any solid matter:
      "strain the custard into a bowl"
    noun
    strain (noun) · strains (plural noun)
    1. a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:
      "the usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine" · "aluminum may bend under strain"
      • an injury to a part of the body caused by overexertion or twisting a muscle awkwardly:
        "he has a slight groin strain"
      • physics
        the magnitude of a deformation, equal to the change in the dimension of a deformed object divided by its original dimension.
    2. a severe or excessive demand on the strength, resources, or abilities of someone or something:
      "the accusations put a strain on relations between the two countries" · "she's obviously under considerable strain"
    3. (strains)
      the sound of a piece of music as it is played or performed:
      "through the open windows came the strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the street"
    Origin
    Middle English (as a verb): from Old French estreindre, from Latin stringere ‘draw tight’. Current senses of the noun arose in the mid 16th century.
    strain
    [strān]
    noun
    strain (noun) · strains (plural noun)
    1. a breed, stock, or variety of an animal or plant developed by breeding.
    2. a particular tendency as part of a person's character:
      "there's a strain of Victorian rectitude in him"
      Similar:
      tendency to
      susceptibility to
      propensity to
      proneness to
      proclivity to
      inclination to
    Origin
    Old English strīon ‘acquisition, gain’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin struere ‘to build up’.
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