"strain" as noun
1 - Treasure.
2 - The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
3 - Race; lineage, pedigree.
"strain" as noun
1 - The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
2 - A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
3 - An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
"strain" as verb
1 - To hold tightly, to clasp.
2 - To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
3 - To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
"strain" as verb
1 - To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
