strain
strain is a valid 6-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
What does strain mean?
A valid word accepted in tournament Scrabble and Words With Friends play.
- noun
an intense or violent exertion
- verb
use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- noun
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- noun
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- noun
the general meaning or substance of an utterance
- verb
to exert much effort or energy
- noun
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- verb
rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
- verb
alter the shape of (something) by stress
- noun
(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
- noun
injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
- noun
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- noun
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- verb
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
- verb
test the limits of
- verb
become stretched or tense or taut
- noun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- noun
the act of singing
- verb
remove by passing through a filter
- verb
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements