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strain
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?e??n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English streen, strene, streon, istreon (“race, stock, generation”), from Old English str?on, ?estr?on (“gain, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *streun? (“heap, treasure, profit, gain”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”) (cognate with Old Saxon gistriuni, Old High German gistriuni (“gain, property, wealth, business”), Latin strues (“heap”)). Confused in Middle English with the related noun strend, strynd, strund, from Old English str?nd (“race; stock”), from str?onan, str?nan (“to beget; acquire”). Related also to Dutch struinen (“to prowl, root about, rout”).
Noun
strain (plural strains)
- (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
- (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
- (figuratively) Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.
- Synonyms: propensity, proneness
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to Societies
- Intemperance and lust breed diseases, which being propogated, spoil the strain of a nation.
- (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.
- Synonyms: theme, motive, manner, style
- Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.).
- (obsolete) Treasure.
- (obsolete) The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
Translations
Related terms
- strew
Etymology 2
From Middle English straynen, streinen, streynen, from Old French estreindre (whence French étreindre (“to grip”)), from Latin stringere (“to draw tight together, to tie”).
Verb
strain (third-person singular simple present strains, present participle straining, simple past and past participle strained)
- (obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- So hauing said, her twixt her armes twaine / She straightly straynd, and colled tenderly [...].
- Evander with a close embrace / Strained his departing friend.
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
- "Farewell!"—the mother strained her child to her heart again, and again put her from her, to embrace her more closely.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
- to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship
- Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.
- To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
- The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
- To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
- To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
- Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.
- They strain their warbling throats / To welcome in the spring.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- Thus my plight was evil indeed, for I had nothing now to burn to give me light, and knew that 'twas no use setting to grout till I could see to go about it. Moreover, the darkness was of that black kind that is never found beneath the open sky, no, not even on the darkest night, but lurks in close and covered places and strains the eyes in trying to see into it.
- To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
- to strain the law in order to convict an accused person
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 4
- There can be no other meaning in this expression, however some may pretend to strain it.
- (transitive) To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
- (intransitive) To percolate; to be filtered.
- water straining through a sandy soil
- To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
- 1641, John Denham, The Sophy
- [He] Still talks and plays with Fatima, but his mirth / Is forc'd and strained.
- 1641, John Denham, The Sophy
- To urge with importunity; to press.
- to strain a petition or invitation
- (transitive) hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
Derived terms
- strain every nerve
Translations
Noun
strain (countable and uncountable, plural strains)
- The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
- 1832, Charles Stewart Drewry (A.M.I.C.E.), A memoir on suspension bridges, page 183:
- If the Menai Bridge, for instance, were loaded at that rate, the entire strain on the main chains would be about 2000 tons ; while the chains containing 260 square inches of iron would bear, at 9 tons per square inch, 2340 tons, without stretching ...
- 2004, Sanjay Shrivastava, Medical Device Materials: Proceedings from the Materials & Processes for Medical Devices Conference 2003, 8-10 September 2003, Anaheim, California, ASM International (?ISBN), page 176:
- Therefore, the goal of this study is to assess the influence of strain on the corrosion resistance of passivated Nitinol and stainless steel implant materials. Materials and Methods Nitinol (50.8%at. Ni) wire (NDC, Fremont, CA) and 316L stainless ...
- 1832, Charles Stewart Drewry (A.M.I.C.E.), A memoir on suspension bridges, page 183:
- A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
- An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
- (uncountable, engineering) A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
- (obsolete) The track of a deer.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 145:
- When they have shot a Deere by land, they follow him like bloud-hounds by the bloud, and straine, and oftentimes so take them.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 145:
Derived terms
- breaking strain
Translations
Related terms
- stress
- strict
- stringent
Etymology 3
From Middle English strenen (“to beget, father, procreate”), from Old English str?onan, str?enan, str?nan (“to beget, generate, gain, acquire”), from Proto-Germanic *striunijan? (“to furnish, decorate, acquire”).
Verb
strain (third-person singular simple present strains, present participle straining, simple past and past participle strained)
- (obsolete) To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
Anagrams
- Sartin, Tarins, Trains, atrins, instar, santir, sartin, starin', tairns, tarins, trains
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aria
English
Etymology
From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin ?erem, accusative of ??r, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r, “air”). Doublet of air.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.???/
Noun
aria (plural arias or arie)
- (music) A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Translations
Anagrams
- Aari, Arai, RIAA, Raia
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin ??rea or ??re, from ??r.
Noun
aria f
- air
- appearance
French
Etymology
From Italian aria
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.?ja/
Noun
aria f (plural arias)
- (music) aria
Italian
Etymology
Metathesis from Latin ?era, Greek-type accusative of ??r, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r, “air”). See also aere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.rja/
- Hyphenation: à?ria
Noun
aria f (plural arie)
- air
- look, appearance, countenance
- (plural only) airs
- wind (all senses)
- (music) aria, song
Related terms
Descendants
Anagrams
- arai
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kuarria as an equivalent of English say and speak in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?ia/
Verb
aria (infinitive kwaria)
- to speak
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- mwario 3, rwario 11
Related terms
- mwar?rie 3
See also
- kw?ra, kuuga
References
Further reading
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Polish
Etymology
From Italian aria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ar?.ja/
Noun
aria f
- (music) aria
Declension
Further reading
- aria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin ??r, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r, “air”).
Noun
aria f
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) air
Synonyms
- (Sutsilvan) leer
- (Puter, Vallader) ajer
Saaroa
Alternative forms
- ariia
Noun
aria
- axe
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?ja/, [?a.?ja]
Etymology 1
From Italian aria.
Noun
aria f (plural arias)
- (music) aria (a musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata)
Descendants
- ? Tagalog: arya
Etymology 2
Noun
aria f (plural arias)
- female equivalent of ario (“Aryan”)
Adjective
aria
- feminine singular of ario
Further reading
- “aria” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
aria c
- an aria
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: aaria
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