Strain

str an, v.t. to stretch tight to draw with force to exert to the utmost to injure by overtasking to make tight to constrain, make uneasy or unnatural to filter. v.i. to make violent efforts to pa through a filter. —«. the act of straining a violent effort an injury inflicted by straining a note, sound, or song. JO. Fr straindf L sit tngo, to stretch tight. See String and Strong