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Synonyms for strain
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
strain
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agitation, commotion, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, restlessness, rush, stir, toil, tumult, unrest, workAntonyms:
calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity
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Princeton's WordNet
strainnoun
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
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tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
unlax, relax, loosen up, make relaxed, unstrain, unwindstress, strainnoun
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"- R.J.Samuelson
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tune, melody, focus, pains, straining, strain, melodic line, stress, tenseness, form, breed, tenor, tension, emphasis, var., air, variant, nisus, line, accent, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
loosen up, unstrain, unlax, relax, unwind, make relaxedtune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrasenoun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"
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aviation, personal credit line, cable, business, billet, stemma, tenor, stress, variant, ancestry, agate line, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, pains, seam, breeze, bloodline, melodic phrase, air travel, demarcation, course, crease, melodic line, air, zephyr, short letter, nervous strain, line of products, job, assembly line, contrast, nisus, aura, product line, straining, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, rail line, personal line of credit, form, melody, song, mental strain, strain, dividing line, transmission line, breed, airwave, line of descent, argumentation, channel, logical argument, phone line, furrow, atmosphere, parentage, wrinkle, descent, blood line, gentle wind, tonal pattern, occupation, line of business, var., pedigree, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, striving, subscriber line, origin, communication channel, telephone line, credit line, production line, line of reasoning, tune, note, argumentAntonyms:
unlax, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain, relax, loosen upstrain, mental strain, nervous strainnoun
(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"
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tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, line, strain, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
make relaxed, unstrain, unlax, unwind, relax, loosen upbreed, strain, stocknoun
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"
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neckcloth, parentage, pedigree, gillyflower, striving, breed, melodic line, caudex, straining, fund, inventory, melodic phrase, mental strain, tenor, form, descent, stemma, nervous strain, pains, stock certificate, stock, melody, variant, lineage, livestock, broth, origin, tune, line, line of descent, store, song, gunstock, air, bloodline, strain, stress, ancestry, var., nisus, farm animal, blood, blood lineAntonyms:
make relaxed, loosen up, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwindform, variant, strain, var.noun
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
"a new strain of microorganisms"
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course, air, figure, flesh, breed, song, frame, shape, kind, conformation, striving, sort, chassis, physical body, straining, chance variable, soma, variation, discrepancy, human body, melodic phrase, mental strain, tenor, contour, grade, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, melodic line, variance, word form, version, stochastic variable, stock, configuration, class, nervous strain, variant, variate, tune, pattern, bod, signifier, melody, edition, pains, descriptor, line, manikin, variety, strain, stress, anatomy, var., random variable, nisus, material body, manakin, buildAntonyms:
loosen up, unwind, unstrain, make relaxed, unlax, relaxstrainnoun
injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
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tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
unstrain, loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, relax, unwindtenor, strainnoun
the general meaning or substance of an utterance
"although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
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tune, melody, form, pains, straining, strain, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, nisus, line, tenor voice, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
unwind, unlax, unstrain, loosen up, make relaxed, relaxstriving, nisus, pains, strainnoun
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
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tune, pains, melody, form, breed, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, nisus, strain, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
make relaxed, unlax, unwind, relax, loosen up, unstrainstrain, strainingnoun
an intense or violent exertion
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tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, twisting, torture, var., air, variant, distortion, overrefinement, line, strain, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songAntonyms:
relax, loosen up, unstrain, unwind, unlax, make relaxedsong, strainverb
the act of singing
"with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
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tune, vocal, form, pains, straining, strain, melody, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, melodic phrase, line, call, nisus, melodic line, birdcall, stock, striving, nervous strain, birdsong, mental strain, songAntonyms:
unlax, relax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed, unstrainstrive, reach, strainverb
to exert much effort or energy
"straining our ears to hear"
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touch, strive, progress to, strain, try, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, filter out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, get hold of, make, extend, get to, gain, give, distort, filter, separate out, achieve, endeavour, pass, deform, reach out, tense up, turn over, accomplish, contact, endeavor, tense, filtrate, stress, extend to, get through, handAntonyms:
unlax, unstrain, unwind, make relaxed, relax, loosen uptry, strain, stressverb
test the limits of
"You are trying my patience!"
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punctuate, strive, tense up, deform, try, sample, essay, filter out, test, try out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, examine, extend, seek, try on, filter, accentuate, separate out, strain, adjudicate, render, prove, emphasise, distort, judge, taste, filtrate, attempt, accent, tense, stress, hear, assay, emphasizeAntonyms:
relax, unwind, unstrain, loosen up, make relaxed, unlaxstrain, extendverb
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"
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strive, deform, try, widen, run, filter out, lead, continue, sift, reach, sieve, poke out, extend, protract, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, carry, go, separate out, strain, stretch, stretch forth, pass, filter, reach out, distort, unfold, exsert, filtrate, gallop, expand, cover, prolong, tense, stress, tense up, hold out, broaden, pureeAntonyms:
make relaxed, unstrain, loosen up, unlax, relax, unwindsift, sieve, strainverb
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
"sift the flour"
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screen, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, screen out, try, sift, filter, extend, strive, sieve, filtrate, sort, distort, deformAntonyms:
loosen up, unstrain, relax, make relaxed, unwind, unlaxtense, strain, tense upverb
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
"he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
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sieve, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, try, sift, filter, extend, distort, strive, filtrate, deformAntonyms:
make relaxed, unwind, loosen up, relax, unstrain, unlaxstrain, tenseverb
become stretched or tense or taut
"the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached"
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sieve, separate out, strain, filter out, tense up, reach, puree, tense, try, sift, filter, extend, distort, strive, filtrate, deform, stressAntonyms:
unlax, unstrain, make relaxed, relax, loosen up, unwindfilter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter outverb
remove by passing through a filter
"filter out the impurities"
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sift, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, dribble, permeate, sink in, tense, try, filter, extend, puree, distort, strive, percolate, filtrate, trickle, sieve, deform, stressAntonyms:
unstrain, make relaxed, unwind, relax, unlax, loosen uppuree, strainverb
rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
"puree the vegetables for the baby"
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sieve, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, try, sift, filter, extend, distort, strive, filtrate, deformAntonyms:
unwind, loosen up, relax, unlax, unstrain, make relaxeddeform, distort, strainverb
alter the shape of (something) by stress
"His body was deformed by leprosy"
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turn, warp, try, stress, strain, filter out, tense up, reach, wring, bend, tense, extend, color, twist, sift, separate out, filter, colour, falsify, puree, garble, strive, filtrate, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, sieve, change shape, change form, distortAntonyms:
relax, unwind, unlax, unstrain, make relaxed, loosen up
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strainverb
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stretch, draw tightlystrainverb
strainverb
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exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strengthstrainverb
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pervert (from the true intent), push too farstrainverb
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strainverb
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try hard, make great effortsstrainverb
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percolate, filter, be filtered, be strainedstrainnoun
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extreme tensionstrainnoun
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over-exertion, violent effort, great exertionstrainnoun
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How to use strain in a sentence?
They've been studied and we know that after you had a cold, you develop antibodies to that particular human strain of coronavirus and you will be protected, but it turns out the protection begins to wane after about a year.
I’m always willing to try anything. You got one life to live, why not? i have really bad sleep [patterns] and so does my mom. We do take sleep medication and I was saying to her, ‘Maybe we should try a sleeping strain, something that could help us with sleep.’.
Iran backs Shi’a groups and Saudi Arabia backs ones that adhere to Saudi Arabia own strain of Sunni Muslims doctrine, iran sees this as a largely defensive operation – protecting co-religionists against a violent onslaught that the Pakistan state is unwilling or unable to stave off.
I’ve been having a little fun tonight, so if I slur my words, I apologize, we world champions, that’s what it’s all about. All that hard work we put into it, all that strain … all the ups and downs, being here with you guys, I dreamed about this for so long.
The utter dismay amongst businesses watching events in Westminster can not be exaggerated, our firms are worried, investors around the world are baffled and disappointed, and markets are showing serious strain as this political saga goes on and on.
Translations for strain
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- سلالةArabic
- colarCatalan, Valencian
- kmenCzech
- Erregerstamm, StammGerman
- έντασηGreek
- tensión, trazas, colar, elongar, tamizar, tipo, claseSpanish
- kuormittaa, rasittaa, venäyttää, kiristää, siivilöidäFinnish
- race, variété, héréditéFrench
- freang, sníomhIrish
- sìolaidhScottish Gaelic
- coarGalician
- tendere, predisposizione, scolare, razza, disposizione, tirare, slogare, varietà, carattere ereditario, colare, passare, forzare, ceppoItalian
- מתחHebrew
- 歪みJapanese
- 켕기다, 당기다, 거르다Korean
- riaka, tātari, whakawhēnanauMāori
- overstrekken, forceren, afscheiden, scheiden, aanspannen, aantrekken, zevenDutch
- colarOccitan
- szczepPolish
- tensãoPortuguese
- strecuraRomanian
- сорт, порода, род, штаммRussian
- திரிபுTamil
- ความเครียดThai
- gerilmeTurkish
- sự căng thẳngVietnamese
- 應變Chinese
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