(archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree. / (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.

The act of straining, or the state of being strained. / A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles. / An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

(obsolete) To hold tightly, to clasp. / To apply a force or forces to by stretching out. / To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

(obsolete) To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

present participle of strain

The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) / filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

Forced through a strainer. / Under tension; tense. / Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort

simple past tense and past participle of strain

plural of strain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strain