Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - strain
Strain
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. stretch tightly; make or become taut or tense. 2 tr. exercise (oneself, one's senses, a thing, etc.) intensely or excessively, press to extremes. 3 a intr. make an intensive effort. b intr. (foll. by after) strive intensely for (straining after perfection). 4 intr. (foll. by at) tug, pull (the dog strained at the leash). 5 intr. hold out with difficulty under pressure (straining under the load). 6 tr. a distort from the true intention or meaning. b apply (authority, laws, etc.) beyond their province or in violation of their true intention. 7 tr. overtask or injure by overuse or excessive demands (strain a muscle; strained their loyalty). 8 a tr. clear (a liquid) of solid matter by passing it through a sieve etc. b tr. (foll. by out) filter (solids) out from a liquid. c intr. (of a liquid) percolate. 9 tr. hug or squeeze tightly. 10 tr. use (one's ears, eyes, voice, etc.) to the best of one's power. --n. 1 a the act or an instance of straining. b the force exerted in this. 2 an injury caused by straining a muscle etc. 3 a a severe demand on physical strength or resources. b the exertion needed to meet this (is suffering from strain). 4 (in sing. or pl.) a snatch or spell of music or poetry. 5 a tone or tendency in speech or writing (more in the same strain). 6 Physics a the condition of a body subjected to stress; molecular displacement. b a quantity measuring this, equal to the amount of deformation usu. divided by the original dimension. Phrases and idioms at strain (or full strain) exerted to the utmost. strain every nerve make every possible effort. strain oneself 1 injure oneself by effort. 2 make undue efforts. Derivatives strainable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF estreindre estreign- f. L stringere strict- draw tight 2. n. 1 a breed or stock of animals, plants, etc. 2 a moral tendency as part of a person's character (a strain of aggression). Etymology: ME, = progeny, f. OE streon (recorded in gestreonan beget), rel. to L struere build
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I. noun see: strew Date: 13th century 1. lineage, ancestry, a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions , kind, sort , 2. inherited or inherent character, quality, or disposition , trace, streak , 3. tune, air, a passage of verbal or musical expression, a stream or outburst of forceful or impassioned speech, 4. the tenor, pervading note, burden, or tone of an utterance or of a course of action or conduct, mood, temper, II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estreindre, from Latin stringere to bind or draw tight, press together; akin to Greek strang-, stranx drop squeezed out, strangalē halter Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to draw tight ; cause to fit firmly , to stretch to maximum extension and tautness , 2. to exert (as oneself) to the utmost, to injure by overuse, misuse, or excessive pressure , to cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force, to squeeze or clasp tightly: as, hug, to compress painfully ; constrict, 4. to cause to pass through a ~er ; filter, to remove by ~ing , to stretch beyond a proper limit , to squeeze out ; extort, intransitive verb 1. to make violent efforts ; strive , to pull against resistance , to contract the muscles forcefully in attempting to defecate, to pass through or as if through a ~er , to make great difficulty or resistance ; balk, III. noun Date: 1558 an act of ~ing or the condition of being ~ed: as, bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use , excessive or difficult exertion or labor, excessive physical or mental tension, deformation of a material body under the action of applied forces, an unusual reach, degree, or intensity ; pitch, a ~ed interpretation of something said or written ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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