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Definition of strain

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Strain (n.) 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; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career..

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Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

High-spirited :: High-spirited (a.) Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.

Farfetched :: Farfetched (a.) Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

Libertine :: Libertine (n.) Free from restraint; uncontrolled.

Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..

Rage :: Rage (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

Wantonly :: Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.

Self-indulgence :: Self-indulgence (n.) Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial..

Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Freely :: Freely (adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.

Strainable :: Strainable (a.) Capable of being strained.

Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.

Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams..

Song :: Song (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts..

Release :: Release (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go..