astrain
English
Etymology
a- + strain
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈstɹeɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Adjective
astrain (not comparable)
- strained or straining
- 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
- With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck a-strain.
- 1913, Maurice Hewlett, Bendish:
- That miserable young man kept his eyes astrain towards the upper window, but without reward. Rose did not show herself.
- 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
Anagrams
- Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, artisan, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian, tsarina