1. To seize for debt; to transfer a personal chattel from the possession of a wrongdoer into the possession of the injured party, to satisfy a demand, or compel the performance of a duty; to rend; to tear.

2. To make seizure of goods.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• destrain,
• sistrain,
• xistrain,
• diatrain,
• distrajn,
• istrain,
• distrian,
• disstrain,
• distrein,
• distraind,
• dustragg,
• dimyraia,
• Disobeier,
• Disseazin,
• edistain,
• distraine,
• distreamm,
• diswarrn,
• diswarnn,
• misteain

• distort,
• diestrus,
• diestrual,
• distortion,
• diestrum,
• distraint,
• distress,
• disturbing,
• distracted,
• disturbance,
• distract,
• distressing,
• distraught,
• district,
• disturb,
• distrait,
• strain,
• distortable,
• distrust,
• distraction.

The adverb form of the word "distrain" is "distrainedly".

The adjective form of "distrain" is "distrainable".

The plural form of the word "distrain" is "distrains".

The singular form of the word "distrain" is "distrain". The word does not change when transforming from singular to plural.