verb

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To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

example

to sprain one's ankle

verb

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To burst forth.

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(of beards) To grow.

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To cause to burst forth.

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To make wet, to moisten.

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(usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.

example

The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.

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(now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.

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To go off.

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To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.

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(usually perfective) To crack.

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To have something crack.

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To cause to crack.

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To surprise by sudden or deft action.

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(of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.

example

They sprung an arch over the lintel.

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(of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.

example

The arches spring from the front posts.

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To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.

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To raise a vessel's sheer.

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(cobblery) To raise a last's toe.

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To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.

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To raise an offered price.

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To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.

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To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.

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To provide spring or elasticity

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To inspire, to motivate.

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To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.

example

A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.

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(now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.

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(chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.

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(of rattles) To sound, to play.

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To spend the springtime somewhere

adjective

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Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.

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Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.

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(of a spar) cracked or strained.

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Drunk.

verb

definition

To hold tightly, to clasp.

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To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

example

Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.

definition

To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

example

The gale strained the timbers of the ship.

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To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.

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To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.

example

Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.

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To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.

example

to strain the law in order to convict an accused person

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To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander

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To percolate; to be filtered.

example

water straining through a sandy soil

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To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

definition

To urge with importunity; to press.

example

to strain a petition or invitation

definition

Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.

verb

definition

To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

example

A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.

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