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to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to strain the law in order to convict an accused person"},{"definition":"To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To percolate; to be filtered.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"water straining through a sandy soil"},{"definition":"To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To urge with importunity; to press.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to strain a petition or invitation"},{"definition":"Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprain","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spring","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/springing","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strain"]}]