| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, due to exertion |
Synonyms: |
ache, anxiety, bruise, brunt, burden, constriction, effort, endeavor, exertion, force, injury, jerk, pressure, pull, sprain, stress, stretch, struggle, tautness, tension, tensity, twist, wrench |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
Antonyms: |
health, wellness |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
blood, breed, descent, extraction, family, lineage, pedigree, race, species, stock |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion, hint |
Synonyms: |
humor, manner, mind, shade, soupçon, spirit, streak, style, suspicion, temper, tendency, tinge, tone, touch, trace, trait, vein, way |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melody |
Synonyms: |
air, descant, diapason, lay, measure, song, tune, warble |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, often to limit |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
bear down, endeavor, exert, go all out, go for broke, grind, hammer, hustle, labor, moil, peg away, plug, push, strive, struggle, sweat, toll, try |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, rest |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | filter |
Synonyms: |
exude, percolate, purify, refine, riddle, screen, seep, separate, sieve, sift |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental stress |
Synonyms: |
distress, harass, hassle, irk, pain, pick at, push, stress, trouble, try |
Antonyms: |
calm, placate, soothe |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical tune |
Synonyms: |
aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme |