To put in a position that is not prominent.
To gather and provide background information (on).
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
To urge with importunity; to press.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
To percolate; to be filtered.
To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.
A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
A kind or sort (of person etc.).
A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.