strain
n//stɹeɪn//stam, press, sort, sila
(archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
(music, poetry) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.
(rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.).
(transitive) To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.