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"she endured the stresses and strains of life"noundifficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
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verbcause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxiousOpposite:type of:
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verbtest the limits oftype of:
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"the rope strained when the weight was attached"verbbecome stretched or tense or taut
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nouna succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
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nounthe act of singing
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verbremove by passing through a filter
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verbseparate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elementstype of:
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"Don't strain your mind too much"verbuse to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
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"a new strain of microorganisms"noun(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groupstype of:
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"he created a new strain of sheep"nouna special variety of domesticated animals within a speciestype of:
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nounthe general meaning or substance of an utterance
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"straining our ears to hear"verbto exert much effort or energy
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nounan effortful attempt to attain a goal
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verbrub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
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verbalter the shape of (something) by stress
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"his responsibilities were a constant strain" "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him"noun(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
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nouninjury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
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noun(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forcestype of:
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- "phrase"
- "musical phrase"