verb🔗ShareTo hold tightly, to clasp."The little girl strained her teddy bear to her chest, comforting herself after a bad dream. "actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo apply a force or forces to by stretching out."Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."physicsactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force."The gale strained the timbers of the ship."actionconditionmedicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam."The carpenter strained the wood plank to make it fit into the frame. "technicalphysicsmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable."Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker."actionsensationmindbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning."to strain the law in order to convict an accused person"languagecommunicationactionconditionmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander"To prepare the juice, I strained the orange pulp from the liquid. "foodutensilprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo percolate; to be filtered."water straining through a sandy soil"processfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain."The student strained to understand the difficult math problem, forcing himself to focus despite feeling tired. "attitudeconditionemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo urge with importunity; to press."to strain a petition or invitation"actiondemandChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHug somebody; to hold somebody tightly."After a long trip, the little girl strained her mother in a tight embrace. "bodyactionhumanfamilyemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world."A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."familybiologyanimalhumansexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareForced through a strainer."Babies don’t seem to like strained peas, even though the puree is easy for them to eat and digest."foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareUnder tension; tense."Ever since the fight our relation has been strained."mindconditionemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNot natural or spontaneous but done with effort"A strained smile."attitudecharacteremotionmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
