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Phonetic Respelling: [ streyn ]

Definition: Play

v. 1 to stretch beyond the proper point or limit; 2 to pull or stretch tight; 3 to remove by filtering.

Sentence: Play Play

He is straining his ears to hear the low speaking teacher.

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He is straining his ears to hear the low speaking teacher.

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Synonyms: Play

extend; fatigue; injure; pull; stretch; tighten

Antonyms: Play

rest

How many syllables in straining?

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Divide straining into syllables:

strain-ing

Straining rhymes:

  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear caning caning
    • Hear chaining chaining
    • Hear draining draining
    • Hear feigning feigning
    • Hear gaining gaining
    • Hear haning haning
    • Hear laning laning
    • Hear painting painting
    • Hear raining raining
    • Hear reigning reigning
    • Hear reining reining
    • Hear staining staining
    • Hear training training
    • Hear waning waning
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear abstaining abstaining
    • Hear attaining attaining
    • Hear campaigning campaigning
    • Hear complaining complaining
    • Hear concontaining concontaining
    • Hear detaining detaining
    • Hear disdaining disdaining
    • Hear explaining explaining
    • Hear maintaining maintaining
    • Hear obtaining obtaining
    • Hear ordaining ordaining
    • Hear pertaining pertaining
    • Hear refraining refraining
    • Hear regaining regaining
    • Hear remaining remaining
    • Hear reretaining reretaining
    • Hear retraining retraining
    • Hear sustaining sustaining
  • Four Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear ascertaining ascertaining
    • Hear entertaining entertaining
    • Hear overtraining overtraining

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