strained
Forced through a strainer.
Adjective
- Forced through a strainer.
- Babies don’t seem to like strained peas, even though the puree is easy for them to eat and digest.
- Under tension; tense.
- Ever since the fight our relationship has been strained.
- Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort
- A strained smile.
Forms
Derived
half-strained nonstrained prestrained strainedly strainedness strained silicon unstrained
Verb
- simple past and past participle of strain