strain
A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically…A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
» Take care not to strain your eyes.
Обережно, не перенапружуй свої очі. — deniko
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13 sensesA particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.
Stamm, Erregerstamm, Züchtung
родrod, поро́даporóda, штаммštamm
(figuratively)Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.
There is a strain of madness in her family.
Veranlagung, Disposition, Charakterzug
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, etc.
Weise
Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
(rare)A kind or sort (of person etc.).
Art, Form, Typ
(countable, uncountable)The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
Belastung, Spannung, Inanspruchnahme
напряже́ниеnaprjažénije
the act of singing
(countable, uncountable)A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
he jumped up with a strain
the strain upon the sailboat's rigging
Kraftaufwand, Anspannung, Anstrengung
an intense or violent exertion
(countable, uncountable)An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
Überdehnung, Verdehnung, Krampf
(uncountable)A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
Verformung, Dehnung, Deformation
(archaic)Race; lineage, pedigree.
Sorte, Rasse, Abstammung
поро́даporóda, сорт, штаммštamm
поро́даporóda, сорт, штамštam
(obsolete)Treasure.
(obsolete)The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
Examples
121 sentencesTake care not to strain your eyes.
Обережно, не перенапружуй свої очі. — deniko
The rope broke under the strain.
ruВерёвка оборвалась от сильного натяжения. — odexed
deDas Seil ist unter der Belastung gerissen. — al_ex_an_der
All the dogs were straining at their leashes.
ruВсе собаки тянули поводки. — marafon
The strain is beginning to tell on Tom.
Tom has been under a lot of strain recently.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 10
Origin
From Middle English streen, strene, streon, istreon (“race, stock, generation”), from OldFrom Middle English streen, strene, streon, istreon (“race, stock, generation”), from Old English strēon, ġestrēon (“gain, wealth”), from Proto-West Germanic *streun, from Proto-Germanic *streuną (“heap, treasure, profit, gain”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”) (cognate with Old Saxon gistriuni, Old High German gistriuni (“gain, property, wealth, business”), Latin strues (“heap”)). Confused in Middle English with the related noun strend, strynd, strund, from Old English strȳnd (“race; stock”), from strēonan, strȳnan (“to beget; acquire”). Related also to Dutch struinen (“to prowl, root about, rout”).
From Middle English straynen, streinen, streynen, from Old French estreindre (whence French étreindre (“to grip”)), from Latin stringō (“to draw tight together, to tie”).
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Forms
plural: strainsSynonyms
26 synonyms- an intense or violent exertion:straining
- (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress:mental strainnervous strain
- the act of singing:song
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance:tenor
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species:breedstock
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension:stress