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strain noun

  /stɹeɪn/
  • (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
  • (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
 stam
  • (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.
  • (rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.).
 sort

strain noun

  /stɹeɪn/
  • The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
 press

strain verb

  /stɹeɪn/
  • (transitive) To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.
 sila

strained adjective

  /stɹeɪ̯nd/
  • Under tension; tense.
 ansträngd, spänd
repetitive strain injury
belastningsskada, förslitningsskada
strain oneself
anstränga
strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
sila mygg och svälja kameler
egg type strain insulator
äggisolator
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