strain

[1]	strive , reach
[2]	try , stress
[3]	extend
[4]	sift , sieve
[5]	tense , tense up
[6]	tense
[7]	filter , filtrate , separate out , filter out
[8]	puree
[9]	deform , distort

[1]	stress
[2]	tune , melody , air , melodic line , line , melodic phrase
[3]	mental strain , nervous strain
[4]	breed , stock
[5]	form , variant , var.
[6]	tenor
[7]	striving , nisus , pains
[8]	straining
[9]	song