VERB
  • Definition - To hold tightly, to clasp.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Definition - To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
  • Example - The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
  • Definition - To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
  • Example - The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Definition - 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
  • Definition - To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
  • Example - to strain the law in order to convict an accused person
  • Definition - To percolate; to be filtered.
  • Example - water straining through a sandy soil
  • Definition - To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
  • Example - water straining through a sandy soil
  • Definition - To urge with importunity; to press.
  • Example - to strain a petition or invitation
  • Definition - Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
  • Example - to strain a petition or invitation
VERB
  • Definition - 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.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Forced through a strainer.
  • Example - Babies don’t seem to like strained peas, even though the puree is easy for them to eat and digest.
  • Definition - Under tension; tense.
  • Example - Ever since the fight our relation has been strained.
  • Definition - Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort
  • Example - A strained smile.
Words in your word
8 Letter Words
detrains 9 randiest 9 strained 9
4 Letter Words
adit 5 aide 5 aids 5 ands 5 arid 5 dais 5 dans 5 dare 5 darn 5 dart 5 date 5 dean 5 dear 5 deni 5 dens 5 dent 5 desi 5 dies 5 diet 5 dine 5 dins 5 dint 5 dire 5 dirt 5 dita 5 dite 5 dits 5 drat 5 edit 5 ends 5 idea 5 ides 5 ired 5 nard 5 nerd 5 nide 5 rads 5 raid 5 rand 5 read 5 reds 5 rend 5 ride 5 rids 5 rind 5 sade 5 sadi 5 said 5 sand 5 sard 5
3 Letter Words
ads 4 aid 4 and 4 dan 4 das 4 den 4 die 4 din 4 dis 4 dit 4 eds 4 end 4 ids 4 rad 4 red 4 rid 4 sad 4 tad 4 ted 4 ain 3 air 3 ais 3 ait 3 ane 3 ani 3 ant 3 are 3 ars 3 art 3 ate 3 ear 3 eat 3 ens 3 era 3 ern 3 ers 3 est 3 eta 3 ins 3 ire 3 its 3 nae 3 net 3 nit 3 rai 3 ran 3 ras 3 rat 3 rei 3 res 3
2 Letter Words
ad 3 da 3 de 3 ed 3 id 3 ae 2 ai 2 an 2 ar 2 as 2 at 2 en 2 er 2 es 2 et 2 in 2 is 2 it 2 na 2 ne 2 re 2 si 2 ta 2 te 2 ti 2
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