strain

/stɹeɪn/

verb

(obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp. / To apply a force or forces to by stretching out. / To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

He strained the rope to test its strength.

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意味（1）

(obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp.

So hauing said, her twixt her armes twaine / She straightly straynd, and colled tenderly […]

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意味（2）

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship

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意味（3）

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

The gale strained the timbers of the ship.

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意味（4）

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

意味（5）

Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.

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意味（6）

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

to strain the law in order to convict an accused person

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意味（7）

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

意味（8）

(intransitive) To percolate; to be filtered.

water straining through a sandy soil

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意味（9）

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

Prince. How does my Father? / Princeſs. Still talks and plays with Fatyma, but his mirth / Is forc'd and ſtrain'd: In his look appears / A wild diſtracted fierceneſs; […]

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