STRAIN


Meaning of STRAIN in English

n. 1 a breed or stock of animals, plants, etc. 2 a moral tendency as part of a person's character (a strain of aggression).

[ ME, = progeny, f. OE streon (recorded in gestreonan beget), rel. to L struere build ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.