" strain "

[Noun]  | "strain" | \ ˈstrān \

1: lineage, ancestry

2: a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions; broadly : a specified infraspecific group (such as a stock, line, or ecotype)

3: kind, sort

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English streen progeny, lineage, from Old English strēon gain, acquisition; akin to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere to heap up {mat|strew|};

[Noun]  | "strain" 

1: an act of straining or the condition of being strained: such as

2: bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use; especially : one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving undue stretching of muscles or ligaments

3: excessive or difficult exertion or labor

Origin: 1558 ;

[Noun]  | "strain gauge" 

1: extensometer

Origin: 1910 ;

[Noun]  | "repetitive strain injury" 

1: any of various painful musculoskeletal disorders (such as carpal tunnel syndrome or tendinitis) caused by cumulative damage to muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, or joints (as of the hand or shoulder) from highly repetitive movements —called also repetitive stress injury

Origin: 1983 ;

[Verb]  | "strain" 

1: to draw tight : cause to fit firmly

2: to stretch to maximum extension and tautness

3: to exert (oneself, one's senses, etc.) to the utmost

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French estreindre, from Latin stringere to bind or draw tight, press together; akin to Greek strang-, stranx drop squeezed out, strangalē halter;

[Idiom]  | "strain at the leash" 

1: to be very eager

[Idiom]  | "strain one's ears" 

1: to try very hard to hear

[Idiom]  | "strain oneself" 

1: to injure oneself by making one's muscles do too much work

2: to put a lot of physical or mental effort into doing something

[Idiom]  | "strain one's eyes" 

1: to try very hard to see

[Idiom]  | "strain one's neck" 

1: to lift one's head as high as possible by stretching one's neck

[Noun]  | "strain" 

[Noun]  | "strain" 

[Verb]  | "strain"