Strains

Treasure.

The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.

Race; lineage, pedigree.

Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.

"There is a strain of madness in her family."

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.

"he jumped up with a strain;   the strain upon the sailboat's rigging"

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.

To hold tightly, to clasp.

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

"Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."

To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

"The gale strained the timbers of the ship."

To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.

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."