Strain: 1. An injury to a tendon or muscle resulting from overuse or trauma. 2. A hereditary tendency that originated from a common ancestor. 3. To exert maximum effort. 4. To filter.
strain 1 (str n) v. strained, strain·ing, strains. v. tr. 1. To pull, draw, or stretch tight: strained the sheets over the bed. 2. To exert or tax to the utmost ...
London riots strain police force. Have spending cuts played a role in unrest? The London riots and looting this weekend were among the worst civil disturbances ...
verb (used with object) 1. to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one's ...
Definition of STRAIN. 1. a: lineage, ancestry b: a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions <a high ...
strain (strÄn) 1. to overexercise. 2. excessive effort or exercise. 3. an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature. 4. to filter.