strain

strain [n1] pain, due to exertion ache, anxiety, bruise, brunt, burden, constriction, effort, endeavor, exertion, force, injury, jerk, pressure, pull, sprain, stress, stretch, struggle, tautness, tension, tensity, twist, wrench; concept 728 —Ant. health, wellness strain [n2] ancestry blood, breed, descent, extraction, family, lineage, pedigree, race, species, stock; concepts 296,380 strain [n3] suggestion, hint humor, manner, mind, shade, soupçon, spirit, streak, style, suspicion, temper, tendency, tinge, tone, touch, trace, trait, vein, way; concepts 410,529,682 strain [n4] melody air, descant, diapason, lay, measure, song, tune, warble; concepts 262,595 strain [v1] stretch, often to limit constrict, distend, distort, draw tight, drive, exert, extend, fatigue, injure, overexert, overtax, overwork, pull, push, push to the limit, rack, sprain, task, tauten, tax, tear, tighten, tire, twist, weaken, wrench; concepts 156,206,208,313 —Ant. compress, concentrate strain [v2] work very hard bear down, endeavor, exert, go all out*, go for broke*, grind, hammer, hustle, labor, moil, peg away*, plug, push, strive, struggle, sweat, toll, try; concept 87 —Ant. idle, laze, rest strain [v3] filter exude, percolate, purify, refine, riddle, screen, seep, separate, sieve, sift; concepts 135,202 strain [v4] cause mental stress distress, harass, hassle, irk, pain, pick at, push, stress, trouble, try; concepts 7,19 —Ant. calm, placate, soothe