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STRAIN definition: 1. a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes causing…. Learn more.
a. : lineage, ancestry. b. : a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions. a high-yielding strain of winter wheat. broadly : a specified infraspecific group (such as a stock, line, or ecotype) c. : kind, sort.
To strain is to stretch tightly, make taut, wrench, tear, cause injury to, by long-continued or sudden and too violent effort or movement: to strain one's heart by overexertion, one's eyes by reading small print.
Strain definition: to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full. See examples of STRAIN used in a sentence.
a feeling of being worried and nervous about something: The strain of the last few months had exhausted her. put a strain on sb/sth. to cause problems for someone or to make a situation difficult: Children put tremendous strains on a marriage.
A group of organisms of the same species, sharing certain characteristics not typical of the entire species but minor enough not to warrant classification as a separate breed or variety: a drug-resistant strain of bacteria.
The noun strain is a stretch, effort, or exertion. You can strain your ankle, or your little brother can strain your patience.
[countable, uncountable] mental pressure or worry felt by somebody because they have too much to do or manage; something that causes this pressure. You will learn to cope with the stresses and strains of public life. I found it a strain having to concentrate for so long. Relax, and let us take the strain (= do things for you).
Verb. Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. strained, straining, strains. To draw or stretch tight. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost. To strain every nerve. Webster's New World. To overtax; injure by overexertion; wrench. To strain a muscle. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
STRAIN meaning: 1 : a feeling of stress and worry that you have because you are trying to do too much, are dealing with a difficult problem, etc.; 2 : something that is very difficult to deal with and that causes harm or trouble
