to strain is a form of:

Strain



noun
1.
(a straining or being strained, an injury) muscular strain ការធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់​ដោយបន្ទាញខ្លាំង, eye strain ការរោយ, put a strain on (the economy) ធ្វើអោយមានការលំបាកមិនស្រួល (ដល់), put a strain on (one's resources) បង្ហោច
Example: The rope broke under strain.
2.
(A line of descent of animals or plants or microorganisms, ancestry, lineage, race, stock, a trace, etc., a tune air, inherited trait or quality, meaner of expression, melody or tune) a good strain of dogs ពូជ
Example: An Arabian strain in horses, horse of good strain, strain selection, There was a strain of hard working in that family, There was a strain of sadness in your voice.strain of music ផ្នែកនៃបទមួយ, strain of insanity ស្នាមអ្វីមួយដែលមានមកពីដូនតា
3.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) រមួលសាច់ដុំ, ពូជ (ឈើដំណាំ)
verbpast tense: strained ; past participle: strained ; present participle: straining ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To stretch tightly, to hold in a tight embrace, to make an intense effort, to apply (a meaning or rule, etc) beyond its true application, to stretch beyond the normal limits) ទាញ, សន្ធឹង, យិត (ធ្នូ), ដំឡើង
Example: The clothesline was strained by the wet clothes hanging on it, Father lifted a heavy rock in the garden and strained his back, The strain kept Father from working.strain a muscle ធ្វើអោយឈឺ (ដោយបន្ទាញ អោយយឺត), strain one's ears ប្រុងស្ដាប់ strain a rope ធ្វើអោយតឹងស្ទើរតែនឹងដាច់ strain milk ត្រង, ច្រោះ, strain one's patience ធ្វើអោយសឹងតែទ្រាំទៅមិនបាន
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to make violent efforts; to pull with force, to filter) (milk) strains (through) ច្រោះ, dogs strain at a leash ទាញអោយតឹង
3.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ឈឺចាប់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
2.
Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
3.
Rank; a sort.
4.
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
5.
A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.
6.
A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
7.
A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
8.
Any 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; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career.
9.
Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. Strain.
10.
A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.
verbpast tense: strained ; past participle: strained ; present participle: straining ;
1.
To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
2.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
3.
To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
4.
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
5.
To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
6.
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
7.
To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
8.
To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
9.
To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
10.
(INTRANSITIVE) To make violent efforts.
11.
(INTRANSITIVE) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.
1.
ancestry, breed, extraction, kind, sort, species, stock, subspecies, variety
2.
effort, exertion, force
3.
bruise, injury, sprain, twist, wrench
4.
anxiety, pressure, stress, tension
1.
To squeeze, to press closely