strains Synonyms

strains Meaning

strains

tune, air, an act of straining or the state of being strained, a stream or outburst of forceful or impassioned speech, bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use, inherited or inherent character, quality, or disposition, a passage of verbal or musical expression, to pass through or as if through a strainer, a small amount, to stretch to maximum extension and tightness, to go beyond a usual, accepted, or proper limit or rule, a group of plants or animals that look alike but have characteristics (as the ability to resist disease) that make them slightly different, a quality or disposition that is natural or runs through a family, to cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force, a specified infraspecific group (such as a stock, line, or ecotype), a strained interpretation of something said or written, to squeeze out, a force, influence, or factor causing such tension, to injure or be injured by overuse, misuse, or pressure, to make violent efforts, deformation of a material body under the action of applied forces, to cause to pass through a strainer, to squeeze or clasp tightly, to remove by straining, a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions, the tenor, pervading note, burden, or tone of an utterance or of a course of action or conduct, hug, excessive or difficult exertion or labor, excessive physical or mental tension, lineage, ancestry, to pull against resistance, to exert (as oneself) to the utmost, one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving undue stretching of muscles or ligaments, to stretch beyond a proper limit, melody sense 2, tune, an act of straining or the condition of being strained, one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving severe stretching of muscles or ligaments, an unusual reach, degree, or intensity, bodily injury caused by too much tension, effort, or use, mood, temper, to compress painfully, to make great difficulty or resistance, the manner or style of something said or of a course of action or conduct, to contract the muscles forcefully in attempting to defecate, kind, sort, trace, streak, to stretch to maximum extension and tautness, to injure by overuse, misuse, or excessive pressure, to pass or cause to pass through or as if through a strainer, to exert (oneself, one's senses, etc.) to the utmost, to draw tight, to try one's hardest

strains Sentence Examples

  1. The weightlifter's muscles were strained from the intense workout.
  2. The guitar strings were strained to the point of breaking.
  3. The doctor diagnosed the patient with a strained knee ligament.
  4. The economic recession put a strain on many businesses and families.
  5. The marriage was strained by the constant arguing and misunderstandings.
  6. The flight was delayed due to mechanical strains in the aircraft.
  7. The singer's voice was strained from performing multiple nights in a row.
  8. The tension between the two countries strained diplomatic relations.
  9. The difficult hike strained the hiker's physical endurance.
  10. The financial strains forced the company to consider bankruptcy.

FAQs About the word strains

tune, air, an act of straining or the state of being strained, a stream or outburst of forceful or impassioned speech, bodily injury from excessive tension, eff

genealogies, ancestries, pedigrees, origins,lineages, stocks, breedings, births, blood, bloodlines

seeds, issues, offspring, seed, progenies, sons, successors, posterities, offsprings,children

The weightlifter's muscles were strained from the intense workout.

The guitar strings were strained to the point of breaking.

The doctor diagnosed the patient with a strained knee ligament.

The economic recession put a strain on many businesses and families.