English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of stress

stress

/noun/ तनाव; दबाव; बल; थकान; बलाघात; घोर श्रम;
/verb/बल देना; प्रभाव डालना; ज़ोर देना; बलाघात करना;

Synonym tension; pressure; force; fatigue; accent; emphasize; effect; intone;

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English Dictionary:

1. Stress

[n.]

- Distress.
- Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
- The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
- Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
- Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

2. Stress

[v. t.]

- To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
- To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.