Strain
noun
- 1.
- (a straining or being strained, an injury) muscular strain ការធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់ដោយបន្ទាញខ្លាំង, eye strain ការរោយ, put a strain on (the economy) ធ្វើអោយមានការលំបាកមិនស្រួល (ដល់), put a strain on (one's resources) បង្ហោច
Example: The rope broke under strain. - 2.
- (A line of descent of animals or plants or microorganisms, ancestry, lineage, race, stock, a trace, etc., a tune air, inherited trait or quality, meaner of expression, melody or tune) a good strain of dogs ពូជ
Example: An Arabian strain in horses, horse of good strain, strain selection, There was a strain of hard working in that family, There was a strain of sadness in your voice.strain of music ផ្នែកនៃបទមួយ, strain of insanity ស្នាមអ្វីមួយដែលមានមកពីដូនតា - 3.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) រមួលសាច់ដុំ, ពូជ (ឈើដំណាំ)
verb — past tense: strained ; past participle: strained ; present participle: straining ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To stretch tightly, to hold in a tight embrace, to make an intense effort, to apply (a meaning or rule, etc) beyond its true application, to stretch beyond the normal limits) ទាញ, សន្ធឹង, យិត (ធ្នូ), ដំឡើង
Example: The clothesline was strained by the wet clothes hanging on it, Father lifted a heavy rock in the garden and strained his back, The strain kept Father from working.strain a muscle ធ្វើអោយឈឺ (ដោយបន្ទាញ អោយយឺត), strain one's ears ប្រុងស្ដាប់ strain a rope ធ្វើអោយតឹងស្ទើរតែនឹងដាច់ strain milk ត្រង, ច្រោះ, strain one's patience ធ្វើអោយសឹងតែទ្រាំទៅមិនបាន - 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to make violent efforts; to pull with force, to filter) (milk) strains (through) ច្រោះ, dogs strain at a leash ទាញអោយតឹង
- 3.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ឈឺចាប់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
- 2.
- Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
- 3.
- Rank; a sort.
- 4.
- The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
- 5.
- A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.
- 6.
- A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
- 7.
- A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
- 8.
- 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, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career.
- 9.
- Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. Strain.
- 10.
- A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.
verb — past tense: strained ; past participle: strained ; present participle: straining ;
- 1.
- To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
- 2.
- To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
- 3.
- To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
- 4.
- To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
- 5.
- To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
- 6.
- To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
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- To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
- 8.
- To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
- 9.
- To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
- 10.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make violent efforts.
- 11.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.
- 1.
- ancestry, breed, extraction, kind, sort, species, stock, subspecies, variety
- 2.
- effort, exertion, force
- 3.
- bruise, injury, sprain, twist, wrench
- 4.
- anxiety, pressure, stress, tension
- 1.
- To squeeze, to press closely