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Adjective strained has 4 senses
- labored, laboured, strained - lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
Antonym: graceful (indirect, via awkward)
- strained - under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
Antonyms: relaxed, at ease (indirect, via tense)
- constrained, forced, strained - lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
Antonym: unaffected (indirect, via affected)
- agonistic, strained - struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
Antonym: unaffected (indirect, via affected)
Verb strain has 9 senses
- strive, reach, strain - to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
--1 is one way to tug, labor, labour, push, drive
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- try, strain, stress - test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
--2 is one way to afflict
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- strain, extend - 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"
--3 is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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- sift, sieve, strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
--4 is one way to separate
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- tense, strain, tense up - make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
--5 is one way to affect
Antonyms: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
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- strain, tense - stretch or force to the limit; "strain the rope"
--6 is one way to tighten
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- filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
--7 is one way to separate
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- puree, strain - rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
--8 is one way to rub
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- deform, distort, strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
--9 is one way to shape, form
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