Definitions
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
Word origin
From Middle English straynen, streinen, streynen, from Old French estreindre (whence French étreindre (“to grip”)), from Latin stringō (“to draw tight together, to tie”).
Used in a sentence
“He is of a noble strain.”
“[…] with animals and plants a cross between different varieties, or between individuals of the same variety but of another strain, gives vigour and fertility to the offspring; […]”
“They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Injure by overexertion”6 letters
02“Pressure or variety”6 letters
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