strain

Definitions

• (obsolete) Treasure.
• (obsolete) The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
• (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
• Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
• A tendency or disposition.
• (literary) 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
• (biology) A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.
• (music) 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.
• (rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.).
• Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.