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General (10 matching dictionaries)

1. strains: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. strains: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. strains: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
4. strains: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
5. Strain's, Strains, strain's, strains: Wordnik [home, info]
6. strains: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
7. Strains, strains: Wiktionary [home, info]
8. strains: Dictionary.com [home, info]
9. strains: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
10. strains: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business (1 matching dictionary)

11. strains: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

12. strains: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

13. Strains: Merck Manuals [home, info]
14. Strains: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia [home, info]
15. strains: Medical dictionary [home, info]
16. Strains: University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms [home, info]

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

17. strains: Idioms [home, info]

(Note: See straining 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 straining ▸ Words similar to strains ▸ Usage examples for strains ▸ Popular adjectives describing strains ▸ Popular nouns described by strains ▸ Words that often appear near strains ▸ Rhymes of strains ▸ Invented words related to strains