Strain
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Treasure. The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg. Race; lineage, pedigree. a tune, melody A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. A kind or sort (of person etc.). The amount by which a material deforms under stress or force, given as a ratio of the deformation to the initial dimension of the material and typically symbolised by ε is termed the engineering strain. The true strain is defined as the natural logarithm of the ratio of the final dimension to the initial dimension.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch too far. To apply a force or forces to To tighten the strings of a musical instrument; to uplift one's voice To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
Example sentence: On Mars, where the air is spare - a hundred times less dense than on Earth - someone could hear you scream. But you'd have to really strain to get anyone's attention. On the Red Planet, where the wind is high-pitched and faint, even a symphony orchestra will sound as thin as cheap gruel.
Tense
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. The basic tenses in English are present, past and future. English also has perfect tenses (present perfect, past perfect and future perfect) and progressive tenses.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make or become tense.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.Pulled taut, without any slack.
Example sentence: I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.