strain
Definitions
- Race; lineage, pedigree.
- A surname.
- The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
- A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
- A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
- Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.
- An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
- Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.
- A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
- Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
- The track of a deer.
- A kind or sort (of person etc.).
- Treasure.
- The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of strain.
Equivalents
DeutschabscheidenabseihenAbstammunganspannenAnspannunganstrengenAnstrengungArtAusprägungbeanspruchenBeanspruchungbelastenBelastungCharakterzugDeformationdehnenDehnungDispositionDruckdruckendurchsiebenErregerstammFährteFilternFormGeschlechtHangInanspruchnahmeKraftaufwandKrampfLiniepassierenRasseseihensiebenSorteSpannungSpurStammStrapazestrapazierenStressTendenzTypÜberanstrengungÜberdehnungVeranlagungVerdehnungVerformungVerrenkungWeiseZerrungZiehenZüchtungZug
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Examples
“He is of a noble strain⟳.”
“[…] with animals and plants a cross between different varieties, or between individuals of the same variety but of another strain⟳, gives vigour and fertility to the offspring; […]”
“They say⟳ this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain⟳.”
“European scientists have⟳ discovered a new strain⟳ of the virus that causes AIDS and linked it to gorillas, creating a mystery about when and how the first patient found to have⟳ the strain⟳ became infected.”
“There is a strain⟳ of madness in her family.”
“Intemperance and Luſt breed⟳ infirmities and diſeaſes, which, being propagated, ſpoil the Strain⟳ of a Nation.”
“Yet Keats, though for so many years he has given nothing to the world, is understood to have⟳ devoted himself to the composition of an epic poem. Some passages of it have⟳ been communicated to the inner circle of his admirers, and impressed them as the loftiest strains that have⟳ been audible on earth since Milton’s days.”
“A baby gurgled, a photographer dropped her lens cap, and the strains of the U.S. Army Brass Quintet echoed off the murals depicting seminal moments in American history.”
“the common strain⟳”
“Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand⟳ for air-conditioning will grow⟳ substantially as nations become⟳ more affluent,[…]. This trend will put⟳ additional strain⟳ not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.”
“If the Menai Bridge, for instance, were loaded at that rate, the entire strain⟳ on the main chains would be about 2000 tons ; while the chains containing 260 square inches of iron⟳ would bear⟳, at 9 tons per square inch, 2340 tons, without stretching ...”
“Therefore, the goal of this study⟳ is to assess the influence⟳ of strain⟳ on the corrosion resistance of passivated Nitinol and stainless steel implant materials. Materials and Methods Nitinol (50.8%at. Ni) wire (NDC, Fremont, CA) and 316L stainless ...”
“he jumped up with a strain⟳”
“the strain⟳ upon the sailboat's rigging”
“They used steroids to build⟳ strength but, more importantly, to recover⟳ from strains, pulls, dislocations.”
“Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double⟳ as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain⟳ that puts a serious question⟳ mark⟳ over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.”
“Detailed records are kept of the strains imposed on the bridge by the violent gales that frequently sweep⟳ the firth, and a self-recording wind gauge is fixed on the top of the tower.”
“When they have⟳ shot a Deere by land⟳, they follow⟳ him like⟳ bloud-hounds by the bloud, and straine, and oftentimes so take⟳ them.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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