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1.nounA building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses."There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables."
2.noun(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3.nounA set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4.nounAn organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
5.nounA group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
6.nounA device or object that works by the operation of steam.
7.nounA mode of transportation propelled by steam.
8.nounA babycino (frothy milk drink).
9.nounA wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
10.nounThe name of various animals.
11.nounA racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
12.nounAn act of fellatio.
13.nounA member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group).
14.nounA drinking session.
15.nounA dish made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; specifically such a dish made with kangaroo meat.
16.nounA mug.
17.nounA homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
18.nounA prostitute's client.
19.nounA gambler who increases a wager after losing.
20.nounA kind of chest for luggage, having a flat or slightly curved top and usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper.
21.nounTreasure.
22.nounThe blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
23.nounRace; lineage, pedigree.
24.nounHereditary character, quality, or disposition."There is a strain of madness in her family."
25.nounA tendency or disposition.
26.nounAny 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, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
27.nounA particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc."They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain."
28.nounA portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
29.nounA kind or sort (of person etc.).
30.nounLanguage that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
31.nounThe act of straining, or the state of being strained.
32.nounA violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles."he jumped up with a strain; the strain upon the sailboat's rigging"
33.nounAn injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
34.nounA dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
35.nounThe track of a deer.
36.nounA Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
37.nounThe dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.
38.nounThe quality or degree of being strong."It requires great strength to lift heavy objects."
39.nounThe intensity of a force or power; potency."He had the strength of ten men."
40.nounThe strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
41.nounA positive attribute."We all have our own strengths and weaknesses."
42.nounAn armed force, a body of troops.
43.nounA strong place; a stronghold.
44.nounA long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
45.nounSuch a structure considered as a substance.
46.nounAny similar long, thin and flexible object."a bowstring"
47.nounA thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged."a string of sausages"
48.nounA cohesive substance taking the form of a string."The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive"
49.nounA series of items or events."a string of successes"
50.nounThe members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
51.nounIn various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
52.nounA drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
53.nounAn ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
54.nounA stringed instrument.
55.noun(usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
56.noun(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively."no strings attached"
57.nounThe main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
58.nounCannabis or marijuana.
59.nounPart of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
60.nounThe buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
61.noun(by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
62.nounThe line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
63.nounA strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
64.nounA fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
65.nounA nerve or tendon of an animal body.
66.nounAn inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
67.nounThe tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants."the strings of beans"
68.nounA small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
69.nounA stringcourse.
70.nounA hoax; a fake story.