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strained

adj
/stɹeɪ̯nd/

Definitions

  1. Forced through a strainer.

    • Babies don’t seem to like strained peas, even though the puree is easy for them to eat and digest.

  2. Under tension

    Under tension; tense.

    • Ever since the fight our relationship has been strained.

  3. Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort

    • A strained smile.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of strain

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at strained. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at strained. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at strained

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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