The meaning of STRAIN is lineage, ancestry. How to use strain in a sentence.

STRAIN definition: 1. a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes causing…. Learn more.

To strain is to stretch tightly, make taut, wrench, tear, cause injury to, by long-continued or sudden and too violent effort or movement: to strain one's heart by overexertion, one's eyes by reading …

straining, in cooking, by a strainer or sieve.

To pull, draw, or stretch tight: The heavy load strained the rope. b. Physics To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform. 2. To exert, use, or tax to the …

STRAIN definition: 1. a feeling of being worried and nervous about something: 2. to cause problems for someone or to…. Learn more.

Synonyms for STRAIN: lineage, ancestry, pedigree, breeding, origin, family, blood, genealogy; Antonyms of STRAIN: issue, seed, progeny, offspring, posterity, child, son, heir