Strain

//stɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "strain" (843 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (169)

breed filter form sift song stress strive striving tenor tense try tune abrade affectation affiliation agitation aim air alarm all overs

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all-overs anacrusis ancestry angst animal kingdom animus antistrophe anxiety anxiety hysteria anxiety neurosis anxious bench anxious concern anxious seat anxiousness apparentation apprehension apprehensiveness aptitude aria back down balance balk bark bass passage be determined belie bent bias bid for birth bleed blemish blench bloat bloating blood bloodline bloody boggle bolt book bourdon bracket brain fag branch brand break breaking point bridge brood burden burn cadence camouflage cankerworm of care canto cantus care cast caste category chafe character check chill chilliness chip chorus clan clarify class claw clear coda coldness color command of language common ancestry commotion community complexion concern concernment consanguinity constitution contend for continue coolness couplet crack crane craze culture cut damage debate debilitation debility decrassify deform deliberate demand deme demur denomination deodorize depurate derivation descant descendants descent description designation determination development diapason diathesis difficulty direct line disaffinity discharge disguise disposition disquiet disquietude

Noun(12 words)

ace air atom aught bissel bit breed crumb dab damn dash diddly

Verb(12 words)

approach bang beat bone bonk bop bounce bump uglies copulate cwtch deform dick down

Strong matches (253)

distaff side distension distich distill distort distress disturbance division draft drag drag out drain draught draughtsman draughty draw draw off draw out dread dress up

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drift drive eccentricity edulcorate effort effuse elongate elongation elute embarrassment embellish embroider emit encumber endeavor enervate enervation enfeeblement enmity envoi epode essentialize estate ethnic group evidence exaggeration exceed excrete exert exertion exfiltrate exhaust exposition expression of ideas extend extension extract extraction extravasate extreme tension exudate exude eyestrain faintness falderal falsify falter family fashion fatigue fear feather feeling for words female line fight shy fight shy of figure filiation filtrate flinch folderol folk force foreboding forebodingness form of speech fracture fray frazzle fret frost fudge gag gall garble gash genre gens genus gild give off gloss gloss over goneness grace of expression grade grain grandiloquence group grouping hang back hang off harass harm harmonic close haul have qualms head heading heart strain heave hem and haw heptastich heritage hesitate hexastich hint hold off house hover hum and haw humor hurt iciness idiosyncrasy ilk impair impression incise inclination incompatibility incompatibleness indication individualism inflate inflation inhospitality inimicality injure injury inquietude interlude intermezzo intimation introductory phrase irk jadedness jib kidney kin kind label labor lacerate languor lassitude lay leach leaning lengthen lengthen out lengthening let out level line line of descent lineage literary style lixiviate lot lug maim make make an effort make bones about make mincemeat of makeup malaise male line manner manner of speaking mannerism mark mask matriclan maul measure meliorate melodia melodic line melody mental fatigue mental set mental strain mettle mind mind-set miscite miscolor misconstrue misdirect

Verb(26 words)

distort do it do what one does embrace engender extend filter filter out filtrate frack fuck get down get freaky get it get one's freak on get physical get some go at it grease hit the sheets

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hook up lay pipe make it make love mate meddle

Noun(16 words)

dot drop fleck flip flyspeck form halfpennyworth iota jot lick line manner melodic line melodic phrase melody mental strain

Related words (421)

misgiving misinterpret misquote misrender misreport misrepresent misstate misuse mode mode of expression moil mold monostich mood mould moulder mouldy movement music musical phrase

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musical sentence mutilate nation nationality nature nervous strain nervous tension nervousness note number obligation octastich octave octet ooze order ornament ottava rima overanxiety overburden overcarrying overdevelop overdistend overdistension overdoing overdraw overdrawing overemphasis overexercise overexert overexertion overexpand overexpansion overexpenditure overextend overextension overimportance overload overreaching overreaction overstate overstrain overstraining overstress overstretch overstretching overtax overtaxing overtiredness overuse overwork pain parentage part passage paternity patriclan pause peculiarity pedigree pentastich people percolate period personal conflict personal style persuasion perturbation pervert phrase phratry phylum pierce pigeonhole pins and needles plant kingdom ponder position predicament predilection predisposition preference press pressure prey proclivity produce production prolong prolongate prolongation propensity protract protraction pucker pull pull back pull for puncture puree purify push quail quality quatrain race rack rank rating recoil rectify reek refine refrain rend resolution resolve response retreat rhetoric rhyme royal rip ritornello roots rubric run rupture savage scald scorch scotch scrape scratch screen screw scruple scuff section seed seek seep sense of language separate sept septet sestet set sew sextet shape shilly-shally shrink shy shy at side sieve sign skin slant slash slavery sleepiness slit smell snapping point society solicitude solo solo part soprano part sorrow sort sound soupcon spear side species speech community spenserian stanza spin out spindle side spirit spiritualize sprain sprinkling stab stamp stance fatigue stanza statement station status stave stem stew stick stick at stickle stirps stock stop to consider straddle the fence strain at strain every nerve strain for straining strains stratum stray streak stress and strain stressfulness stretch stretch out stretching string out stringing out stripe strive for strophe struggle struggle for study stumble style stylistic analysis stylistics subdivision subgroup sublimate sublime suborder succession suggestion supererogation surpass suspense suspicion sweat sweat blood swell swelling sword side syllable tailpiece task tauten tautness tax taxing tear temper temperament tendency tenseness tension tercet terza rima tetrastich the grand style the like of the likes of the plain style the sublime theme think twice about thread tighten tincture tinge tiredness titivate title toil tone torture totem trace trait transpire transude traumatize treble tribe trick trick out triplet tristich trouble try for try hard tug turn turn of mind tutti tutti passage twist type unamiability uncordiality understate uneasiness unfriendliness ungeniality unquietness unsociability upset variation variety varnish vein verse vestige vexation warble warp waver way weakness wearifulness weariness weep whitewash wince winnow withdraw work worry wound wrench wrestle yield zeal

Noun(49 words)

mite modicum molecule morsel motive mustard seed nervous strain nisus ooch pains particle pennyworth pinch proneness propensity relish scantling scintilla scooch scrap

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shred skerrick skoosh skosh sliver smidgen song soupçon spark speck spot sprinkling stock straining stress striving style tad tenor theme toddick touch trifle tune tuppence worth var.variant whit white chip

Verb(20 words)

netflix and chill play pump puree reach rock and roll roll around rut separate out shaboink shag sieve sift stress strive tense tense up try tumble urge

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

44 entries

affect afflict animal group apply attempt deformation difficultness difficulty drive effort elbow grease employ endeavor endeavour exertion form

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Antonyms

1 entries

unstrain

Synonyms

14 entries

breed deform filter form puree sift song stress strive striving tenor tense try tune

Related terms

4 entries

stress strew strict stringent

coordinate

3 entries

cultivar quasispecies variety

derived

27 entries

Andromeda strain Delta strain breaking strain eyestrain gnat-strain multistrain oblique strain omicron strain repetitive strain injury strain a point strain at a gnat strain at the leash strain burst strain courtesy strain energy strain every nerve

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has context

6 entries

biology engineering literary music physics psychology

instance of

1 entries

manga

is a

6 entries

deformation disease effort injury manga nervousness

manner of

2 entries

tighten use

related to

53 entries

apply be beget born breed character clasp colander come copulate deer deformation dimensionless disposition engender engineering strain

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Translations

369 translations across 52 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

سُلَالَة noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Aromanian

1 entries

stricor verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Asturian

1 entries

colar verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Bashkir

1 entries

һөҙөү verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Belarusian

3 entries

паро́да noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
сорт noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
штам noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вид noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
деформация noun (engineering: measure of object deformation)
напев noun (music, poetry: 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.)
напрягане noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)

Catalan

4 entries

estrebada noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
estrebada noun (injury resulting from violent effort)
pressió noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)
soca noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎧᏅᏐᎸᏍᏗᎭ verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

株 noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
濾 /滤 verb (to separate solid from liquid)
過濾 /过滤 verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Czech

2 entries

kmen noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
cedit verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Danish

4 entries

pres noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)
belaste verb (to apply a force)
overstrække verb (to stretch too far)
si verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Dutch

4 entries

bloedlijn noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
afscheiden verb (to separate solid from liquid)
forceren verb (to apply a force)
overstrekken verb (to stretch too far)

Esperanto

2 entries

specio noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
filtri verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Finnish

4 entries

hirven jälki noun (track of a deer)
jännitys noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
kanta noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
kanta (microbe) noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

French

4 entries

claquage noun (injury resulting from violent effort)
déformation noun (engineering: measure of object deformation)
hérédité noun (hereditary character, quality, or disposition)
pression noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)

Friulian

1 entries

raze noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Galician

4 entries

cepa noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
cepa noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
liñaxe noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
raza noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Georgian

4 entries

სახეობა noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
სახესხვაობა noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
შტამი noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
ჯიში noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

German

4 entries

Abstammung noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
Anspannung noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)
Anspannung noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
Anstrengung noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)

Greek

2 entries

σουρώνω verb (to separate solid from liquid)
στραγγίζω verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Hungarian

4 entries

alakváltozás noun (engineering: measure of object deformation)
család noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
dal noun (music, poetry: 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.)
deformáció noun (engineering: measure of object deformation)

Indonesian

1 entries

galur noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Ingrian

1 entries

venahtaa verb (to stretch too far)

Irish

4 entries

masla noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
masla noun (injury resulting from violent effort)
straidhn noun (engineering: measure of object deformation)
ábhann noun (music, poetry: 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.)

Italian

4 entries

carattere ereditario noun (hereditary character, quality, or disposition)
ceppo noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
ceppo noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
discendenza noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Japanese

1 entries

濾す verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Kazakh

1 entries

штамм noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Khmer

1 entries

ប្រភេទ noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Korean

2 entries

거르다 verb (to separate solid from liquid)
당기다 verb (to apply a force)

Latin

3 entries

tēnsiō noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)
percolō verb (to separate solid from liquid)
saccō verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Māori

4 entries

riaka verb (to apply a force)
tanuku verb (to stretch too far)
tātari verb (to separate solid from liquid)
whakatoutou verb (to apply a force)

Norman

1 entries

êputher verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Norwegian

1 entries

sile verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

anlegg noun (hereditary character, quality, or disposition)
disposisjon noun (hereditary character, quality, or disposition)
hang noun (hereditary character, quality, or disposition)
stamme noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Occitan

4 entries

cepa noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
esperfòrç noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
raça noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
raça noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

صوی noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
صوی noun (kind or sort (of person etc.))
نسل noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
سوزمك verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Persian

4 entries

سویه noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
تنجیدن verb (to apply a force)
صاف کردن verb (to separate solid from liquid)
ماشیوه کردن verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Polish

4 entries

odmiana noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
rasa noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
szczep noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
szczep noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Portuguese

4 entries

cepa noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
contusão noun (injury resulting from violent effort)
distensão noun (violent effort, excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
estirpe noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Quechua

1 entries

suysuy verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Romanian

2 entries

tulpină noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
strecura verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Russian

4 entries

напряже́ние noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)
поро́да noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
поро́да noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
род noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

sìolaidh verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Sicilian

4 entries

caràttiri riditariu noun (hereditary character, quality, or disposition)
cippu noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
cippu noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
discinnenza noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Slovak

2 entries

napnúť verb (to apply a force)
natiahnuť verb (to stretch too far)

Slovene

1 entries

sev (microbe) noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

Spanish

4 entries

cepa noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
cepa noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
clase noun (kind or sort (of person etc.))
linaje noun (race, lineage, pedigree)

Swedish

4 entries

press noun (act of straining, or the state of being strained)
sort noun (kind or sort (of person etc.))
stam noun (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
sila verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Tagalog

1 entries

salain verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Turkish

1 entries

süzmek verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Ukrainian

4 entries

поро́да noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
сорт noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
штам noun (race, lineage, pedigree)
проці́джувати verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Venetan

2 entries

colar verb (to separate solid from liquid)
cołar verb (to separate solid from liquid)

Sample sentences

50 total sentences available.

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The strain has begun to tell on his health.

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The liquid does not strain well.

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You'll strain your eyes trying to read in this light.

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The rope broke under the strain.

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