(a) To tie (sth.), bind, fasten; gird (sb., a part of the body); also fig.; ~ togeder(es; (b) to confine or restrain (sb., a part of the body, an animal, an idol) physically; also fig.; (c) to restrict or restrain (sb. or sth.); also, keep (sb. away from sth.); restrain (the sensory power from physical desire); (d) to bind (sb., oneself, one's soul, a kingdom) by oath, word, etc.

(a) To stretch, extend; also, of humors: ?cause a sensation of stretching; ~ oute; (b) to stretch (sth.), extend; draw (sth.) tight, tighten; make taut (a string of a musical instrument); ~ oute (forth); ~ togederes, draw (edges of a wound) together; (c) to stretch (Christ on the cross); stretch (Christ's body) on the cross; ~ forth, stretch out (someone's feet) on the ground; ~ oute, stretch out (Christ's arms) on the cross; stretch out (sb. on the ground over coals); ppl. streined, stretched out; (d) ~ courteisie, to engage in overelaborate debate, stand on ceremony; ~ text, stretch the meaning of a text, overextend the application of a text; (e) refl. to exert oneself; exert oneself (to do sth.); also, exert (one's heart); overexert (a part of the body), strain.

(a) To apply pressure; apply pressure to (sth.), press, push; press together (the edges of a wound); extract (juice), deprive (a plant) of fruit or juice; ~ togeder; ~ on, put (a ring) on (a finger); (b) to strain liquids; put (sth.) through a strainer, cloth, etc., strain; also, ppl. streined as adj.; (c) to hold something tightly; hold (sb. or sth.) tightly, grip, squeeze, pinch; also fig.; clasp (one's hands upon sb.); (d) to embrace (sb., a body, a neck), hug, clasp; also, embrace (hell), grasp at; -- used fig.; (e) to torment (sb.), torture, punish; oppress (people), overcome; of sickness, emotion, etc.: afflict (sb., a part of the body, an animal), weaken, overcome.

(a) To exert a compelling force; constrain (sb. or sth.), control, compel, urge; -- ?also refl. [quot. c1395]; make (sb.) go, impel, lead; urge on (work), hasten; (b) with inf.: to compel (sb., one's heart to do sth.); (c) in personification: streined abstinence, abstinence streined, Forced Abstinence.

(a) To confine (sth.), limit; bound (a country); restrict (sb. to the use of a certain term), limit; bring together (written words), collect; constrict (sth.), narrow; also, straiten the circumstances of (sb.); (b) to harden (sth.) by freezing or trampling; also fig.; stiffen (the body); contract (a sinew); ~ togeder; (c) to cause or promote cicatrization or knitting of a wound [last quot]; cause constipation [next to last quot.]; stanch (blood, menstruation); stop (a vein, a wound) from bleeding; stop up (sth.), obstruct [1st quot.]; ~ wombe, check the movement of the bowels; ppl. streininge, stanching (blood); also, styptic, astringent, binding.

(a) To spread (sth.), carry, transmit; ppl. streininge as adj.: carrying; (b) ppl. streined, of a pavilion: covered or painted (with a coat of arms); -- ?error for steined, p.ppl. of steinen v. 3.(b).

Ppl. streininge, ?mistransl. of L arcuata curved, perh. confused with ar(c)tata constrained.