Definition: the act of singing
Usage: with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates
Definition: an intense or violent exertion
Main entry: strain, striving, pains, nisus
Definition: an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Definition: the general meaning or substance of an utterance
Usage: although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument
Main entry: line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, air, strain, tune
Definition: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Usage: she was humming an air from Beethoven
Main entry: stock, strain, breed
Definition: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Usage: he experimented on a particular breed of white rats; he created a new strain of sheep
Main entry: form, strain, var., variant
Definition: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
Usage: a new strain of microorganisms
Main entry: strain
Definition: (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
Main entry: strain
Definition: injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
Main entry: mental strain, nervous strain, strain
Definition: (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
Usage: his responsibilities were a constant strain; the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him
Definition: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
Usage: she endured the stresses and strains of life; he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger- R.J.Samuelson
Main entry: strain, tense, tense up
Definition: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
Usage: he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
Main entry: strain, distort, deform
Definition: alter the shape of (something) by stress
Usage: His body was deformed by leprosy
Main entry: strain, strive, reach
Definition: to exert much effort or energy
Usage: straining our ears to hear
Definition: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
Usage: He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro; Don't strain your mind too much
Definition: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
Usage: puree the vegetables for the baby
Main entry: separate out, strain, filter, filter out, filtrate
Definition: remove by passing through a filter
Usage: filter out the impurities
Main entry: sieve, sift, strain
Definition: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
Usage: sift the flour
Definition: become stretched or tense or taut
Usage: the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed; the rope strained when the weight was attached
Main entry: try, strain, stress
Definition: test the limits of
Usage: You are trying my patience!