STRAINING
9 letters
10 Scrabble points
Definition of STRAINING
verb
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To hold tightly, to clasp.
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To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
"Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."
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To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
"The gale strained the timbers of the ship."
verb
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To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
"A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."
noun
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The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)
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Filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
S
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R
A
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G
Length
9 letters
Scrabble Score
10 points
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