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Stress
- noun - (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
- Pressure
- put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
- to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Strews
- verb - cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
- spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
Strips
- noun - a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone"
- a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
- lay bare; "denude a forest"
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of appl
Strops
- noun - a leather strap used to sharpen razors
- sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"
- to be in or have a strop is an exhibition of temper, esp in a child or childish manner
Strums
- noun - sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar"
- sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"
Struts
- noun - a proud stiff pompous gait
- brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
Stubbs
- noun - English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901)
- English painter, George Stubbs, 1724 - 1806, best known for painting horses.
Stuffs
- noun - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
- cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
- fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
- fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
- informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
- information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
- miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
- obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
- press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
- the tangible substance that goes into the mak
Stumps
- noun - (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
- remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"
- the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
- the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
- travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
- walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
Stunts
- noun - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
- a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
- check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
- perform a stunt or stunts