Dictionary Entry
straining
straining is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Strain. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Strain
- 2
a. & n. from Strain.
- 3noun
an intense or violent exertion
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- 4noun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 5adjective
taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance- F.D.Roosevelt
"his final, straining burst of speed"
"a strenuous task"
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