song strain | the act of singing, with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates |
strain straining | an intense or violent exertion |
striving nisus pains strain | an effortful attempt to attain a goal |
initial public offering IPO initial offering | a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public |
superbug Bemisia tabaci poinsettia strain | a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias |
cotton strain | feeds primarily on cotton |
strain gauge strain gage | a gauge for measuring strain in a surface |
stress test | a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress |
tenor strain | the general meaning or substance of an utterance, although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument |
stress mark | a mark indicating the stress on a syllable |
initial | the first letter of a word (especially a person's name), he refused to put the initials FRS after his name |
tune melody air strain melodic line line melodic phrase | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence, she was humming an air from Beethoven |
stress emphasis accent | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch), he put the stress on the wrong syllable |
word stress word accent | the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word |
sentence stress | the distribution of stresses within a sentence |
alliteration initial rhyme beginning rhyme head rhyme | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse, around the rock the ragged rascal ran |
breed strain stock | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species, he experimented on a particular breed of white rats, he created a new strain of sheep |
form variant strain var. | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups, a new strain of microorganisms |
stress | (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body, the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area |
strain | (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces |
stress incontinence | urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining |
fatigue fracture stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury |
strain | injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse), results in swelling and pain |
strain mental strain nervous strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress, his responsibilities were a constant strain, the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him |
tension tenseness stress | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense, he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension, stress is a vasoconstrictor |
posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD | an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images |
stress strain | difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension, 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 |
stress focus | special emphasis attached to something, the stress was more on accuracy than on speed |
tense strain tense up | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious, he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up |
deform distort strain | alter the shape of (something) by stress, His body was deformed by leprosy |
stress accent accentuate | put stress on, utter with an accent, In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word |
initial | mark with one's initials |
stress emphasize emphasise punctuate accent accentuate | to stress, single out as important, Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet |
strive reach strain | to exert much effort or energy, straining our ears to hear |
strain extend | use to the utmost, exert vigorously or to full capacity, He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro, Don't strain your mind too much |
puree strain | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender, puree the vegetables for the baby |
filter filtrate strain separate out filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
sift sieve strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements, sift the flour |
strain tense | become stretched or tense or taut, the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed, the rope strained when the weight was attached |
try strain stress | test the limits of, You are trying my patience! |
initial | occurring at the beginning, took the initial step toward reconciliation |