Straining
Straining is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 10 points
- Letters
- 9
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of straining
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nounAn intense or violent exertion.
Similar: strain
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nounThe act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
Similar: distortion , overrefinement , torture , twisting
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adjectiveTaxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance- F.D.Roosevelt.
“his final, straining burst of speed”
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of straining
Words inside straining
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- training9
- staining9
- ingrains9
- sainting9
- raising8
- ratings8
- staring8
- arising8
- raining8
- ranting8
- airings8
- gastrin8
- ingrain8
- rinsing8
- snaring8
- airting8
- antings8
- gratins8
- saining8
- staning8
- trining8
- giants7
- grants7
- rating7
- rising7
- strain6
- string7
- trains6
- airing7
- grains7
- raisin6
- tiring7
- anting7
- gainst7
- gratin7
- gratis7
- instar6
- rasing7
- sating7
- siring7
Words that rhyme with straining
- training
- gaining
- draining
- raining
- reigning
- staining
- waning
- caning
- chaining
- feigning
- reining
- spraining
- deigning
- complaining
- containing
- explaining
- maintaining
- remaining
- attaining
- campaigning
- obtaining
- pertaining
- regaining
- restraining
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