STRESS
/stɹɛs/
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
S(1) T(1) R(1) E(1) S(1) S(1)
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Definition
/stɹɛs/
noun
- (Cause of) discomfort.
- Serious danger.
- An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
noun
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.“Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.”
verb
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).““Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.”
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
Source: Wiktionary
