Strained

What do we mean by strained?

Having been passed through a strainer. adjective

Done with or marked by excessive effort; forced. adjective

Extended beyond proper limits. adjective

Antagonized to the verge of open conflict. adjective

Twisted; wrenched. adjective

Forced; carried beyond proper limits: as, a strained interpretation of a law.

Of this or that strain or breed, as an animal.

Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened. adjective

Done or produced with straining or excessive effort. adjective

Forced through a strainer. adjective

Under tension; tense. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of strain. verb

Lacking spontaneity; not natural adjective

Showing signs of mental and emotional tension adjective

Lacking natural ease adjective

Struggling for effect adjective

To hold tightly, to clasp.

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

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.

To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.

To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander

To percolate; to be filtered.

To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

To urge with importunity; to press.

Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.

To go ham, to push your body to the limits with drugs and alcohol for hedonistic purposes. Urban Dictionary

Refers to the hybrid/breed of cannabis Urban Dictionary

A strain is a genetic variant or subtype of a microorganism (e.g. virus or bacterium or fungus). For example, a "flu strain" is a certain biological form of the influenza or "flu" virus. Urban Dictionary

When you try to expel a turd from your large colon by bearing down and pushing like a pregnant woman. Urban Dictionary

1. Short for Australian. 2. The common slang language used by most working class Australians. Urban Dictionary

Possibly the greatest man of all time Urban Dictionary

1: To Decant Liquid 2: To Urinate (Irish Phrase) Urban Dictionary

Suck a dude's dick till he cums all up in your mouth. often used as "strain me" in the same way as "blow me" or "fuck you". Urban Dictionary

To take a piss, to urinate, take a leek, pass water. Urban Dictionary

Take a piss like straining a pot full of potatoes (spuds) Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to strained:
strained, strainer, trained, stained, sprained, strain, strand, stranded, trainer, trainee, restrained, straiten, striped, attained, drained, strapped, strawed, brained, grained, entrained, straitened, strine, strains, stainer, strived, strayed, straint, distrained, trailed, rained, stringed, strided, strafed, unstrained, shrined, untrained, retrained, sardined, staines, detrained, strainers, trainel, berained, straiter, strane, strahnet, straked, staind, sained, -grained, stracnet.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word strained:
yogurt, hamstring, calf, groin, tendon, oblique, relations, relationship, ligament, muscle, elbow, finances, silicon, relationships, strain, disabled, knee, tensions, diplomatic, affair, tension, friendship, ties, activated, milk, shoulder, saudi, divorce, liquid, breaking, missed.

Words that rhyme with strained:
sustained, ingrained, ordained, constrained, ascertained, obtained, feigned, restrained, attained, contained, retained, drained, trained, stained, self-contained, waned, maintained, unrestrained, deigned, harebrained, arraigned, brained, grained, explained, detained, caned, preordained, bloodstained, remained, pained, unconstrained, planed, unexplained, pertained, chained, abstained, campaigned, gained, reigned, veined, complained, maned, reined, craned, rained, sprained, disdained, entertained, paned, regained, plained, untrained, refrained, unstained, retrained, outgained.

Adjectives that are often used to describe strained:
shear.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective strained:
relations, voice, relationship, silence, look, attention, relationships, smile, face, eyes, expression, layer, situation, juice, interpretation, atmosphere, position, nerves, muscles, condition, state, construction, circumstances, layers, faces, liquid, effort, ears, tone, relation, whisper, honey, muscle, material, laugh, expectation, resources, foods, liquor, body, feeling, attitude, conversation, quality, note, attempt, interpretations, efforts, bonds, stock, feelings, patience, heart, vegetables, regions, region, ring, economy, finances, sound, metal, soup, positions, crystals, broth, marriage, tones, gaze, tomatoes, posture, budgets, quantum, ear, constructions, interaction, voices, wells, expressions, politeness, juices, food, pause, situations, crystal, expectancy.

Consonant match to strained:
strand, strond, strande.

Words that sound like strained:
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