an effortful attempt to attain a goal | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
the act of singing | |
an intense or violent exertion | |
the general meaning or substance of an utterance | |
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | |
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species | |
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | |
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces | |
injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain | |
(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress | |
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension | |