Definiciones
1.NounRace; lineage, pedigree.
2.NounA particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one."They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain."
3.NounHereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition."There is a strain of madness in her family."
4.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, etc.
5.NounLanguage that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened."(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)"
6.NounA kind or sort (of person etc.).
7.NounTreasure.
8.NounThe blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
9.VerbTo hold tightly, to clasp.
10.VerbTo apply a force or forces to by stretching out."to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."
11.VerbTo damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force."The gale strained the timbers of the ship."
12.VerbTo act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
13.VerbTo exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable."Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker."
14.VerbTo stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning."to strain the law in order to convict an accused person"
15.VerbTo separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.
16.VerbTo percolate; to be filtered."water straining through a sandy soil"
17.VerbTo make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
18.VerbTo urge with importunity; to press."to strain a petition or invitation"
19.VerbTo hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
20.NounThe act of straining, or the state of being strained.
21.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"
22.NounAn injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
23.NounA dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
24.NounThe track of a deer.
25.VerbTo beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world."A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.; Man, look at that cat straining that kitty."