Bible Dictionaries
Strained

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(imp. & p. p.) of Strain

(2):

(a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.

(3):

(a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Strained'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/strained.html. 1828.