Word: strained
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: strained
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of strain; become stretched or tense or taut
Morphemes:
Affix: strain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stringere
Language: la
Decoded: stringere
Meaning: to draw tight together, to tie
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.