LekhoriLekhoriRace; lineage, pedigree.
He is of a noble strain.
A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.
To hold tightly, to clasp.
So hauing said, her twixt her armes twaine / She straightly straynd, and colled tenderly […]
A surname.
From Middle English streen, strene, streon, istreon (“race, stock, generation”), from Old English strēon, ġestrēon (“gain, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *streuną (“heap, treasure, profit, gain”), from...
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To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship
To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.