unstrain en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + strain.
Meanings
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(transitive) To relieve from strain; to relax.
Then, to prison of the night Did condemn those sisters bright, There for ever to remain, 'Less they could the knot unstrain
1611, Ben Jonson, Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unstraining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unstrained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unstrained | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unstrains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |