strain: signification et définitions

To pull, draw, or stretch tight: strained the sheets over the bed.

To exert or tax to the utmost: straining our ears to hear.

To injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; wrench: strain a muscle.

To stretch or force beyond the proper or legitimate limit: strain a point.

Physics To alter (the relations between the parts of a structure or shape) by applying an external force; deform.

To pass (gravy, for example) through a filtering agent such as a strainer.

To draw off or remove by filtration: strained the pulp from the juice.

To embrace or clasp tightly; hug.

To make violent or steady efforts; strive hard: straining to reach the finish line.

To be or become wrenched or twisted.

To be subjected to great stress.

To pull forcibly or violently: The dog strained at its leash.

To stretch or exert one's muscles or nerves to the utmost.

To filter, trickle, or ooze.

To be extremely hesitant; balk: a mule that strained at the lead.

The act of straining.

The state of being strained.

Extreme or laborious effort, exertion, or work.

A great or excessive pressure, demand, or stress on one's body, mind, or resources: the strain of managing both a family and a career.

A wrench, twist, or other physical injury resulting from excessive tension, effort, or use.

Physics A deformation produced by stress.

An exceptional degree or pitch: a strain of zealous idealism.

The collective descendants of a common ancestor; a race, stock, line, or breed.

Any of the various lines of ancestry united in an individual or a family; ancestry or lineage.

Biology A group of organisms of the same species, having distinctive characteristics but not usually considered a separate breed or variety: a superior strain of wheat; a smooth strain of bacteria.