Definitions
1.noun(Cause of) discomfort.
2.nounSerious danger.
3.nounAn aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
4.nounA seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
5.nounThe thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
6.nounA physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
7.nounAggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
8.nounThe internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
9.nounForce externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
10.nounEmotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal."Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately."
11.nounThe emphasis placed on a syllable of a word."Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second."
12.nounEmphasis placed on words in speaking.
13.nounEmphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
14.nounDistress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
15.verbTo apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
16.verbTo apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
17.verbTo suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
18.verbTo emphasise (a syllable of a word)."“Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second."
19.verbTo emphasise (words in speaking).
20.verbTo emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion."I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence."