strain

/streɪn/ noun

Definition

FEELING [C, U] › when you feel worried and nervous about something: The strain of the last few months had exhausted her.

put a strain on sb/sth › to cause problems for someone or to make a situation difficult: Children put tremendous strains on a marriage.

INJURY [C, U] › an injury to part of your body that is caused by using it too much: back strain

STRETCH [U] › when something is pulled or stretched too tightly: The rope broke under the strain.

DISEASE/PLANT [C] › a type of disease or plant: a new strain of virus

(Definition of strain noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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