| strain | | |
| strain | (n.) | (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces. |
| strain, stress | (n.) | difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension.; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger" |
| air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | (n.) | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| mental strain, nervous strain, strain | (n.) | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress.; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" |
| breed, stock, strain | (n.) | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" |
| form, strain, var., variant | (n.) | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.; "a new strain of microorganisms" |
| strain | (n.) | injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain. |
| strain, tenor | (n.) | the general meaning or substance of an utterance.; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" |
| nisus, pains, strain, striving | (n.) | an effortful attempt to attain a goal. |
| strain, straining | (n.) | an intense or violent exertion. |
| song, strain | (n.) | the act of singing.; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" |
| reach, strain, strive | (v.) | to exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear" |
| strain, stress, try | (v.) | test the limits of.; "You are trying my patience!" |
| extend, strain | (v.) | use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" |
| sieve, sift, strain | (v.) | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.; "sift the flour" |
| strain, tense, tense up | (v.) | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" |
| strain, tense | (v.) | become stretched or tense or taut.; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;"; "the rope strained when the weight was attached" |
| filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain | (v.) | remove by passing through a filter.; "filter out the impurities" |
| puree, strain | (v.) | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender.; "puree the vegetables for the baby" |
| deform, distort, strain | (v.) | alter the shape of (something) by stress.; "His body was deformed by leprosy" |
| sift | | |
| sift | (v.) | move as if through a sieve.; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" |
| sieve, sift | (v.) | check and sort carefully.; "sift the information" |
| sieve, sift | (v.) | distinguish and separate out.; "sift through the job candidates" |
| sieve | | |
| screen, sieve | (n.) | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles. |
| screen, screen out, sieve, sort | (v.) | examine in order to test suitability.; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" |
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