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 ]
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. 2012