DICTOMETER

STRAIN

1. Synonyms:
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stress
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Tune
   • Melody
   • Air
   • Strain
   • Melodic line
   • Line
   • Melodic phrase
   Definitions:
   • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
   Examples:
   • She was humming an air from Beethoven
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Strain
   • Mental strain
   • Nervous strain
   Definitions:
   • (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
   Examples:
   • His responsibilities were a constant strain
   • The mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Breed
   • Strain
   • Stock
   Definitions:
   • a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
   Examples:
   • He experimented on a particular breed of white rats
   • He created a new strain of sheep
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Form
   • Variant
   • Strain
   • Var.
   Definitions:
   • (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
   Examples:
   • A new strain of microorganisms
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse)
   • results in swelling and pain
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Tenor
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • the general meaning or substance of an utterance
   Examples:
   • Although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Striving
   • Nisus
   • Pains
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • an effortful attempt to attain a goal
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Strain
    • Straining
    Definitions:
    • an intense or violent exertion
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Song
    • Strain
    Definitions:
    • the act of singing
    Examples:
    • With a shout and a song they marched up to the gates
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Strive
   • Reach
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • to exert much effort or energy
   Examples:
   • Straining our ears to hear
   Antonyms:
   relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Try
   • Strain
   • Stress
   Definitions:
   • test the limits of
   Examples:
   • You are trying my patience!
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Strain
   • Extend
   Definitions:
   • use to the utmost
   • exert vigorously or to full capacity
   Examples:
   • He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro
   • Don't strain your mind too much
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Sift
   • Sieve
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
   Examples:
   • Sift the flour
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   • Strain
   • Tense up
   Definitions:
   • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
   Examples:
   • He got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Strain
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • become stretched or tense or taut
   Examples:
   • The bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed
   • The rope strained when the weight was attached
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Filter
   • Filtrate
   • Strain
   • Separate out
   • Filter out
   Definitions:
   • remove by passing through a filter
   Examples:
   • Filter out the impurities
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Puree
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
   Examples:
   • Puree the vegetables for the baby
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Deform
   • Distort
   • Strain
   Definitions:
   • alter the shape of (something) by stress
   Examples:
   • His body was deformed by leprosy