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strain
/stɹeɪn/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters
- verb
to exert much effort or energy
straining our ears to hear
- noun
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- noun
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; ;, R.J.Samuelson
she endured the stresses and strains of life
- noun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
she was humming an air from Beethoven
- verb
test the limits of
You are trying my patience!