Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)

  2. Filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

More definitions
  • an intense or violent exertion
  • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Forms

plural: strainings
Singularstraining
Pluralstrainings

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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