Definitions for stress

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Spelling: [stres]

IPA: /strɛs/

Stress is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in stress (erssst).

Definitions for stress

noun

1. importance attached to a thing: Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
2. Phonetics. emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a syllable or a word as a result of special effort in utterance.
3. Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat.
4. emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat.
5. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain.
6. Mechanics. the action on a body of any system of balanced forces whereby strain or deformation results. the amount of stress, usually measured in pounds per square inch or in pascals. a load, force, or system of forces producing a strain. the internal resistance or reaction of an elastic body to the external forces applied to it. the ratio of force to area. See also strain1 (def 23), shear (def 19), torsion (def 3).
7. Physiology. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism.
8. physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension: Synonyms: anxiety, burden, pressure, oppression; effort, exertion, struggle, strain.
9. a situation, occurrence, or factor causing this:
10. Archaic. strong or straining exertion.

verb (used with object)

1. to lay stress on; emphasize.
2. Phonetics. to pronounce (a syllable or a word) with prominent loudness: . Compare accent (def 18).
3. to subject to stress or strain.
4. Mechanics. to subject to stress.

verb (used without object)

1. to experience stress or worry:

Origin of stress

1275-1325; (noun) Middle English stresse, aphetic variant of distresse distress; (v.) derivative of the noun

Examples for stress

The girl's answer was uttered with nervous eagerness which revealed her own stress of fear.

He was slapped, grabbed in the face, placed in stress positions, placed in standing sleep deprivation, and doused with water.

But now, when the stress came, all this philanthropy fell away.

Then French obstetricians advocated that the method would reduce pain and create a birthing environment free of stress.

The girl in the chair was shaking soundlessly under the stress of her emotions.

Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

We were right, it seems, in putting some stress on that "perjured" when we first met it.

Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.

It also means not having to stress about cleaning out your DVR.

All trace of stress and strain had left it, replaced by an enigmatic calm.