to strain oneself
1strain — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. stretch tightly; make or become taut or tense. 2 tr. exercise (oneself, one s senses, a thing, etc.) intensely or excessively, press to extremes. 3 a intr. make an intensive effort. b intr. (foll. by after) strive… …
2strain — Ⅰ. strain [1] ► VERB 1) force (a part of one s body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort. 2) injure (a limb, muscle, or organ) by overexertion. 3) make severe or excessive demands on. 4) pull or push forcibly at something. 5) pour (a… …
3strain — I 1. verb 1) take care that you don t strain yourself Syn: overtax, overwork, overextend, overreach, drive too far; exhaust, wear out; overdo it; informal knock oneself out 2) you have strained a muscle Syn: injure, da …
4strain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English streen progeny, lineage, from Old English strēon gain, acquisition; akin to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere to heap up more at strew Date: 13th century 1. a. lineage, ancestry b. a group of presumed …
5strain — I [[t]streɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to draw tight; make taut: to strain a rope[/ex] 2) to exert to the utmost: to strain one s reach[/ex] 3) to injure (a muscle, tendon, etc.) by stretching or overexertion 4) to cause mechanical deformation in by stress… …
6strain — 1. A population of homogeneous organisms possessing a set of defined characteristics; in bacteriology, the set of descendants that retains the characteristics of the ancestor; members of a s. that subsequently differ from the original isolate are …
7strain — I 1. verb 1) take care that you don t strain yourself Syn: overtax, overwork, overextend, overreach, overdo it, exhaust, wear out; informal knacker, knock oneself out 2) you have strained a muscle Syn: injure …
8strain — strain1 verb 1》 force (a part of one s body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort. ↘injure (a limb, muscle, or organ) by overexertion. ↘make a strenuous and continuous effort. 2》 make severe or excessive demands on. 3》 pull or… …
9strain — I v 1. tighten, draw tight or taut, stretch, extend, elongate, distend. 2. exert to the utmost, sharpen, whet, hone, make keen, sensitize; rack the brain, peel the eye, squint, listen hard, cock the ear, keep one s ears open. 3. sprain, wrench,… …
10strain — streɪn n. tension; pressure; exertion; sprain or other injury caused by excess stress on some part of the body; extreme emotional pressure; melody; tendency; character; lineage, ancestry; pedigree, breed v. pull taut, stretch; injure a body part …