stress

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Synonyms: tress, strass, stresa, struss, streps, strews, -stress, stross, stres

Antonyms: tress, strass, stresa, struss, streps, strews, -stress, stross, stres

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|biology}} A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
2. {{lb|en|biology}} Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
3. {{senseid|en|Q206175}} {{lb|en|countable|physics}} 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]].
4. {{lb|en|countable|physics}} Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
5. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
6. {{senseid|en|broadest phonological sense}}<!--subsumes [[d:Q2594103]] and [[d:Q2226844]]--> {{lb|en|countable|phonetics|loosely}} A [[suprasegmental]] [[feature]] of a [[language]] having additional attention [[raise]]d to a [[sound]], [[word]] or word group [[by means of]] of [[loudness]], [[duration]] or [[pitch]]; [[phonological]] [[prominence]].
7. {{senseid|en|phonological sense that excludes pitch}} {{lb|en|countable|phonetics|strictly}} The [[suprasegmental]] [[feature]] of a [[language]] having additional attention [[raise]]d to a [[sound]] [[by means of]] [[loudness]] and/or [[duration]]; [[phonological]] [[prominence]] [[phonetically]] [[achieved]] by means of {{w|Dynamics (music)|dynamics}} as distinct from {{w|Pitch (music)|pitch}}.
8. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
9. {{obsolete form of|en|distress}}.
10. {{lb|en|Scots law}} [[distress]]; the act of [[distrain]]ing; also, the thing distrained.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To apply [[force]] to (a body or structure) causing [[strain]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To apply [[emotional]] [[pressure]] to (a person or animal).
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To suffer stress; to [[worry]] or be [[agitated]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[emphasise]] (a [[syllable]] of a word).
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To emphasise ([[word]]s in speaking).
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To emphasise (a [[point]]) in an [[argument]] or [[discussion]].

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