astrain

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ strain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

astrain (not comparable)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, artisan, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian, tsarina