Strain Past Tense

The past tense of Strain is strained.

1. strain

verb. ['ˈstreɪn'] to exert much effort or energy.

Rhymes with Strain

• st_germain
• legerdemain
• st_germaine
• preordain
• lamontagne
• lafountaine
• lafountain
• inhumane
• overtrain
• mcswain
• explain
• complain
• champlain
• aquitaine
• ukraine
• tremaine
• sylvain
• sustain
• spokane
• sartain
• retrain
• refrain
• profane
• partain
• mustain
• mundane
• mcwain
• mcshane
• mcquain
• mclean

How do you pronounce strain?

Pronounce strain as streɪn.

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Sentences with strain

1. Verb, base form
Let them steep and then strain them before drinking.

2. Noun, singular or mass
This can cause anything from a slipped disc or muscle strain to an overuse injury over time.

3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
After soaking for three or four days, strain the plant material and retain the liquid.

Quotes about strain

1. Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
- George Eliot

2. I have a couple of best friends, and I don't think I would live with them. It definitely... certain people can't live together, and I think that it could potentially put a lot of strain on the relationship or friendship.
- Alexandra Chando

3. Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
- Robert Staughton Lynd

2. strain

noun. ['ˈstreɪn'] (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces.

3. strain

verb. ['ˈstreɪn'] test the limits of.

4. strain

noun. ['ˈstreɪn'] a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.

5. strain

noun. ['ˈstreɪn'] difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension.

6. strain

verb. ['ˈstreɪn'] use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.

7. strain

noun. ['ˈstreɪn'] (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress.

8. strain

noun. ['ˈstreɪn'] a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.

9. strain

verb. ['ˈstreɪn'] cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.

10. strain

noun. ['ˈstreɪn'] (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.