Strain, n.
- 1. Extreme tension.
- 2. Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.
- 3. Sprain, wrench.
- 4. Tune, melody, movement.
- 5. Poem, lay, song, sonnet.
- 6. Style, manner
- 7. Turn, tendency, disposition, inborn disposition.
- 8. Bearing, conduct, port, manner of action.
- 9. Stock, race, descent, family, lineage, pedigree, descent, extraction.
Strait, a.
- 1. Narrow, close, contracted, constricted, constrained, confined.
- 2. Strict, rigorous, rigid, severe.
- 3. Difficult, distressful, straitened, grievous.
Strait, a.
- 1. Narrow pass (especially between two seas), gut, narrows.
- 2. Distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation,
distressing necessity, pass.
Straiten, v. a.
- 1. Confine, limit, constrict, contract, constrain.
- 2. Narrow.