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strain

n. injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

strain, breed

n. a lineage or race of people

song, strain

n. the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

strain, straining

n. an intense or violent exertion

form, variant, strain, var.

n. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"

strain, mental strain, nervous strain

n. (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"

striving, nisus, pains, strain

n. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

puree, strain

v. rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"

strain, extend

v. 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"

try, strain, stress

v. test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"

strive, reach, strain

v. to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

tense, strain, tense up

v. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"

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tension, tenseness, stress

n. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

strain, straining

n. an intense or violent exertion

tension

n. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"

anxiety, anxiousness

n. (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

tune

n. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

tension, tenseness, stress

n. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

strain

n. injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

tension

n. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"

labor, labour, toil

n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

anxiety, anxiousness

n. (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

refine, separate into pure constituents

v. reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"

purify, sublimate, make pure, distill

v. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

riddle, screen

v. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

pick, pluck, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

sieve, sift

v. distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"

overwork, exploit

v. work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out

v. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

v. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

labor, labour

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

work, act

v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

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relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

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