Word Finder - strain

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Treasure.

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The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.

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Race; lineage, pedigree.

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Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.

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There is a strain of madness in her family.

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A tendency or disposition.

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Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style

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A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.

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They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.

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A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.

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A kind or sort (of person etc.).

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Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.

Darian nodded, hearing the strain in her voice.

His body was starting to feel the strain again, but he pushed himself on.

You'll strain your back.

The principles are the same as those applied to low-pressure work, but all fittings and appliances must, of course, be made to stand the higher strain to which they are subjected.

There were circles under their eyes and strain in their features.

The strain of our activities was wearing on everyone, especially Howie.

In spite of the vast increase in national wealth, it was found a matter of increasing difficulty to meet a comparatively slight strain without recourse to measures of a highly controversial character; and the search for new sources of revenue (as in 1909) at once raised, in an acute form, questions of national commercial policy and the relations between the United Kingdom and the colonies.

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease.

Her voice cracked with the strain, You have made your feelings clear.

The strain was visible in the faces of many, though those he saw were in good health and fed.

The irritation displayed by Bismarck at the Francophil attitude of Italy towards the end of the Franco-German War gave place to a certain show of goodwill when the great chancellor found himself in his turn involved in a struggle against the Vatican and when the policy of Thiers began to strain Franco-Italian relations.

It is loosely used to describe any exalted strain of devotional melody.

But sometimes it was a really noble and inspiring strain that reached these woods, and the trumpet that sings of fame, and I felt as if I could spit a Mexican with a good relish--for why should we always stand for trifles?--and looked round for a woodchuck or a skunk to exercise my chivalry upon.

I remember well one gaunt Nimrod who would catch up a leaf by the roadside and play a strain on it wilder and more melodious, if my memory serves me, than any hunting-horn.

In nearly all George Sand's loves there was a strong strain of motherly feeling.

He died of consumption and of mental strain on the 2nd of December 1892, his fortune at that time being estimated at $72,000,000; all of this he left to his own family.

At any rate, he spoke at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day in a worthy manner; admitting that the growth of the German navy was a main factor in British construction, and pointing out that no power was better able to bear the strain or less likely to fail than Great Britain.

But now one answers from far woods in a strain made really melodious by distance--Hoo hoo hoo, hoorer hoo; and indeed for the most part it suggested only pleasing associations, whether heard by day or night, summer or winter.

To avoid muscle strain, listen to your body.

We have to limit the strain we place him under or he'll break.

There is however a wholly chocolate-coloured strain in which the eyes are yellow.

The outer pair receive the strain of the rotator, and the inner are for adjustment and to prevent lateral movement.

If the outer races become worn, the complete cage and bearings are reversed; the strain of the line is then transferred to what had previously been the inner with practically unworn balls and races.

In most cases the interpretation of the facts is far from obvious, and we have to try several hypotheses before we reach one which will bear the strain of a critical examination in the light of further evidence.

She looked as if she had just risen from the foam of the sea, and her loveliness was like a strain of heavenly music.

If I were to preach at all in this strain, I should say rather, Set about being good.

They were wholly deaf to my arguments, or failed to perceive their force, and fell into a strain of invective that was irresistible.

He had in the highest degree a practical tenacity which Pierre lacked, and without fuss or strain on his part this set things going.

As generally happens, Pierre did not feel the full effects of the physical privation and strain he had suffered as prisoner until after they were over.

He leaned forward but strain as he might, the overhanging bulge at the top of the cliff prevented him from seeing the source of the activity.

Dean grimaced against the strain of the rope on his back, legs and shoulder.

Turning to the tailless or so-called Manx cats, in which the tail should be represented merely by a tuft of hair without any remnant of bone, it seems that the strain is to be met with in many parts of Russia, and there is a very general opinion that it originally came from Japan or some other far eastern country.

He carried out a number of magnetic investigations which resulted in the discovery of many interesting phenomena, some of which have been rediscovered by others; they related among other things to the effect of mechanical strain on the magnetic properties of the magnetic metals, to the relation between the chemical composition of compound bodies and their magnetic properties, and to a curious parallelism between the laws of torsion and of magnetism.

There was distrust in the minds of the depositors, especially those whose holdings were small, and most of the banks were, at a very early period, subjected to the strain of repaying a large proportion of their deposits as they fell due.

The grappling of the cable and raising it to the surface from a depth of 2000 fathoms seldom occupy less than twenty-four hours, and since any extra strain due to the pitching of the vessel must be avoided, it is clear that the state of the sea and weather is the predominating factor in the time necessary for effecting the long series of operations which, in the most favourable circumstances, are required for a repair.

This strain corresponds to the electrical charging of the antenna.

As a thinker, he shows little sympathy with that strain of medieval mysticism which is to be observed in all the poetry of his contemporaries.

The formation and gradually increasing thickness of its bark are explained by the continually increasing need of adequate protection to the living cortex, under the strain of the increasing framework which the enormous multiplication of its living protoplasts demands, and the development of which leads to continual rupture of the exterior.

They have shown that columns of water of very small diameter can so resist tensile strain that they can be lifted bodily instead of flowing along the channel, They suggest that the forces causing the movement are complex, and draw particular attention to the pull upwards in consequence of disturbances in the leaves.

The - - study of tidal strain in the earth's crust by Sir George Darwin has led that physicist to indicate the possibility of the triangular form and southerly direction of the continents being a result of the differential or tidal attraction of the sun and moon.

The strain on the log-ship when the log-line is nipped, causes the peg to be withdrawn from it, and the log-ship is readily hauled in.

The coalitions, once so brittle as to break at the first strain, had now been hammered into solidity by his blows.

But it is harder for Teacher than it is for me because the strain on her poor eyes is so great, and I cannot help worrying about them.

Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?

Some of the generals, in low tones and in a strain very different from the way they had spoken during the council, communicated something to their commander-in-chief.

Working at an office can put a considerable amount of strain on the the upper back, lower back, neck and hip flexors.

Leg crunches involve lifting the legs instead of the head, which reduces neck strain.

With your feet apart, lift the barbell and place it across your shoulders; rest it behind your neck comfortably with no strain.

It is a low, or, in deep water, a no-impact workout, which puts less strain on the joints.

Doing both of these things will help prevent muscle pain and strain, as well as allowing you to derive maximum physical benefits during the workout itself.