Definition of strain

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Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..

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Audacious :: Audacious (a.) Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To violate; to ravish.
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.
Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
Straining :: Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strai.
Tirade :: Tirade (n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
Discretion :: Discretion (n.) Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment..
Manacle :: Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers..
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Mad :: Mad (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform..
Fast :: Fast (v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver..
Unmoralized :: Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality.
Controller :: Controller (n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs..
Repose :: Repose (v.) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..
Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..
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