Definitions
How to pronounce straining:
Straining - as a noun
The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Straining - as an adjective satellite
Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Example: "His final, straining burst of speed"
Straining - as a verb
To hold tightly, to clasp.
To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
Example: "Relations between the united states and guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."
To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
Example: "The gale strained the timbers of the ship."
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
Example: "Sitting in back, i strained to hear the speaker."
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
Example: "To strain the law in order to convict an accused person"
To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
To percolate; to be filtered.
Example: "Water straining through a sandy soil"
To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
To urge with importunity; to press.
Example: "To strain a petition or invitation"
Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
Example: "A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."
Word Game Points
STRAINING has a SCRABBLE points total of 10.
STRAINING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.
STRAINING has a WORDFEUD points total of 11.
