To go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others.

To make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings.

The amount of strain which can cause something to break, according to the force or weight placed on it. Many materials, such as lines and ropes, have a specified breaking strain.

plural of breaking strain

plural of strain burst

(archaic, rare) dim-witted; lacking intelligence

plural of engineering strain

plural of true strain

plural of tensile strain

plural of strain energy