strains

noun

Meaning

Treasure.
The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
Race; lineage, pedigree.
Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
A tendency or disposition.
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, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
The track of a deer.
To hold tightly, to clasp.
To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

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