Strain Definition
- To have difficulty defecating.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Strain
- strain at stool
Origin of Strain
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Middle English streinen from Old French estreindre estrein- to bind tightly from Latin stringere streig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old English strÄ“on, Ä¡estrÄ“on, from Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *streu (cognate with Latin strues (“heap")).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English strene from Old English strēon something gained, progeny ster-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French estreindre (whence French étreindre (“to grip")), from Latin stringere (“to draw tight together, to tie").
From Wiktionary
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