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Sounds | strey'n |
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Rhymes | abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces. |
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Category | physics, physical science, natural philosophy |
Narrower | overstrain |
Broader | deformation |
Verbs | strain; strain |
Meaning | Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension. |
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Examples | "she endured the stresses and strains of life" |
Synonyms | stress |
Broader | difficulty |
Meaning | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. |
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Synonyms | tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase |
Parts | phrase, musical phrase |
Narrower | flourish, fanfare, tucket; glissando; roulade; leitmotiv, leitmotif; theme song; signature, signature tune, theme song; theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea; part, voice |
Broader | music |
Meaning | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress. |
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Examples | "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" |
Synonyms | mental strain, nervous strain |
Category | psychology, psychological science |
Narrower | tension, tenseness, stress |
Broader | nervousness, nerves |
Meaning | A special variety of domesticated animals within a species. |
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Examples | "he created a new strain of sheep" |
Synonyms | breed, stock |
Member of | species |
Narrower | bloodstock; pedigree |
Broader | animal group; variety |
Meaning | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups. |
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Examples | "a new strain of microorganisms" |
Synonyms | form, variant, var. |
Category | biology, biological science |
Member of | species |
Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon |
Meaning | A lineage or race of people. |
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Synonyms | breed |
Broader | ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation |
Meaning | Injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse). Results in swelling and pain. |
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Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma |
Verbs | strain |
Meaning | Pervading note of an utterance. |
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Synonyms | tenor |
Narrower | drift, purport |
Broader | meaning, substance |
Meaning | An effortful attempt to attain a goal. |
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Synonyms | striving, nisus, pains |
Narrower | jihad, jehad |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
Verbs | strain; strain |
Meaning | An intense or violent exertion. |
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Synonyms | straining |
Broader | effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat |
Verbs | strain; strain; strain |
Meaning | The act of singing. |
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Synonyms | song |
Narrower | carol; lullaby, cradlesong; aria |
Broader | vocal music |
Meaning | To exert much effort or energy. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "straining our ears to hear" |
Synonyms | strive, reach |
Narrower | extend oneself; kill oneself, overexert oneself; trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself |
Broader | tug, labor, labour, push, drive |
Nouns | strain; strain |
Meaning | Test the limits of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | try, stress |
Narrower | rack |
Broader | afflict |
Nouns | strain |
Meaning | Use to the utmost. Exert vigorously or to full capacity. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Don't strain your mind too much" |
Synonyms | extend |
Narrower | overstrain, overextend; tax, task |
Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ |
Nouns | strain; strain, straining |
Meaning | Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | sift, sieve |
Narrower | rice; resift; riddle, screen; winnow, fan |
Broader | separate |
Nouns | strainer |
Meaning | Make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody |
Synonyms | tense, tense up |
Cause to | tense, tense up |
Narrower | crick; stretch, extend |
Broader | affect |
Contrary | relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed |
Nouns | strain |
Meaning | Stretch or force to the limit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "strain the rope" |
Synonyms | tense |
Broader | tighten |
Nouns | strain |
Meaning | Remove by passing through a filter. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out |
Broader | separate |
Nouns | strainer |
Meaning | Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Synonyms | puree |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
Broader | rub |
Meaning | Alter the shape of (something) by stress. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | deform, distort |
Narrower | jaundice |
Broader | shape, form |
Nouns | strain |