Strain meaning : Treasure. The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg. Race; lineage, pedigree. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. A tendency or disposition. 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, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc. A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement. A kind or sort (of person etc.). Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.