DICTOMETER

STRAINED

(strain, strained, colar, esfuerzo, gravamen, presión, anstrengelse, belastning, filtrere, påkjenning, sile, sive)

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
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Labored
   • Laboured
   • Strained
   Definitions:
   • lacking natural ease
   Examples:
   • A labored style of debating
   Antonyms:
   • Graceful
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Strained
   Definitions:
   • showing signs of mental and emotional tension
   Examples:
   • Her voice was strained as she asked the question
   Antonyms:
   • Relaxed
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Constrained
   • Forced
   • Strained
   Definitions:
   • lacking spontaneity
   • not natural
   Examples:
   • A constrained smile
   • Forced heartiness
   • A strained smile
   Antonyms:
   • Unaffected
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Agonistic
   • Strained
   Definitions:
   • struggling for effect
   Examples:
   • Agonistic poses
   Antonyms:
   • Unaffected