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strain

strain - verb

  1. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: drive, fag, labor, moil, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work. See work.

strain - noun

  1. The use of energy to do something: effort, endeavor, exertion, pain(used in plural), striving, struggle, trouble, while. Informal elbow grease. See work.
  2. The act, condition, or effect of exerting force on someone or something: pressure, stress, tension. See push.
strain

strain - noun

  1. An intermixture of a contrasting or unexpected quality, especially in a person's character: streak, vein. See be.
  2. A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit: air, aria, melody, tune. Obsolete note. See sounds.