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We found 25 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word straining:
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General (20 matching dictionaries)

1. straining: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. straining: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
3. straining: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
4. Straining, straining: Wordnik [home, info]
5. straining: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
6. straining: Wiktionary [home, info]
7. straining: Dictionary.com [home, info]
8. straining: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
9. straining: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
10. Straining: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
11. Straining: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
12. straining: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
13. straining: Rhymezone [home, info]
14. Straining: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
15. straining: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
16. straining: Free Dictionary [home, info]
17. straining: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
18. straining: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
19. straining: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
20. Straining: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business (1 matching dictionary)

21. straining: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

22. straining: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

23. straining: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

24. straining: Idioms [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

25. straining: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

(Note: See strains for more definitions.)

Quick definitions from WordNet (straining) ▸ noun:  an intense or violent exertion ▸ noun:  the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean ▸ adjective:  taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance ("His final, straining burst of speed") ▸ Also see strains ▸ Words similar to straining ▸ Usage examples for straining ▸ Popular adjectives describing straining ▸ Popular nouns described by straining ▸ Words that often appear near straining ▸ Rhymes of straining ▸ Invented words related to straining