单词 | to strain to one's bosom, heart |
释义 | > as lemmasto strain (a person) to one's bosom, heart b. esp. to strain (a person) to one's bosom, heart, and the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] > embrace tightly strainc1374 gripec1400 hug1567 locka1593 constrain1697 creem1746 to strain (a person) to one's bosom1789 squdge1870 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde V. xiii. 300 ‘She is mine’, continued he, straining her to his bosom. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. xxiii He said—and strain'd unto his heart the boy. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions xxii He strained her to him again. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. xxxv. 17 He strained her again and again to his heart. < as lemmas |
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