1syllable
strain
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Definitions ofstrain
1noun
- Treasure.
- The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
- Race; lineage, pedigree.
- Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
Example: "There is a strain of madness in her family."
- A tendency or disposition.
- 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
- A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.
Example: "They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain."
- 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.
- A kind or sort (of person etc.).
- Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
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