English Dictionary

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.

意味（1）

(obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp.

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

意味（2）

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

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

意味（3）

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

The gale strained the timbers of the ship.

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）

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

Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.

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

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

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; […]

意味（10）

To urge with importunity; to press.

to strain a petition or invitation

意味（11）

(transitive) hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.