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Strainer
- noun - a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Straiten
- verb - bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- squeeze together
Straitly
- - In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
Stramash
- - To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
Stranded
- verb -
- bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
- cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
- drive (a vessel) ashore
Stranger
- noun - an individual that one is not acquainted with
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Strangle
- verb - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- die from strangulation
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
- prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
Strapado
- noun - a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
Strapped
- verb - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
- tie with a strap
- Without,or very short of money