sprung

verb

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
to sprain one's ankle

verb

To burst forth.
(of beards) To grow.
To cause to burst forth.
To make wet, to moisten.
(usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
(now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
To go off.
To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
(usually perfective) To crack.
To have something crack.
To cause to crack.
To surprise by sudden or deft action.
(of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
They sprung an arch over the lintel.
(of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
The arches spring from the front posts.
To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
To raise a vessel's sheer.
(cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
To raise an offered price.
To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
To provide spring or elasticity
To inspire, to motivate.
To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
(now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
(chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
(of rattles) To sound, to play.
To spend the springtime somewhere

adjective

verb

To hold tightly, to clasp.
To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.
To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
to strain the law in order to convict an accused person
To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
To percolate; to be filtered.
water straining through a sandy soil
To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
To urge with importunity; to press.
to strain a petition or invitation
Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.

verb

To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.

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