• the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
• an intense or violent exertion
• an effortful attempt to attain a goal
• a lineage or race of people
• pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument"
• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new Strain of sheep"
• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new Strain of microorganisms"
• (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
• injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
• (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his responsibilities were a constant Strain"; "the mental Strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him"
• 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
• make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
• alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
• to exert much effort or energy; "Straining our ears to hear"
• 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"
• rub through a Strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
• remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
• separate by passing through a sieve or other Straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
• stretch or force to the limit; "Strain the rope"
• test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"

'Strain' in other languages