superstrain

noun
/ˈs(j)uːpəstɹeɪn/UK/ˈsuːpəɹstɹeɪn/US

Etymology

From super- + strain.

  1. inherited from strȳnd
  2. derived from *strew-
  3. inherited from *streuną
  4. inherited from strēon
  5. inherited from streen
  6. prefixed as superstrain — “super + strain

Definitions

  1. A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.

  2. To overstrain, to strain too much.

    • In the straining of a string , the further it is strained the less superstraining goeth to a note

The neighborhood

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