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Definition of Straining
1. Noun. An intense or violent exertion.
Generic synonyms: Effort, Elbow Grease, Exertion, Sweat, Travail
Derivative terms: Strain, Strain, Strain, Strenuous, Strain
2. Adjective. Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. "Your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"
Similar to: Effortful
Derivative terms: Arduousness, Strain, Strenuousness
3. Noun. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
Generic synonyms: Falsification, Misrepresentation
Derivative terms: Distort, Overrefine, Twist
Definition of Straining
1. Verb. (present participle of strain) ¹
2. Noun. The act by which one strains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Straining
1. strain [v] - See also: strain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straining
Literary usage of Straining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1885)
"The simplest, cheapest, and most cleanly straining cloths are those of unbleached
... For the purpose of straining, the cloth Frame for holding strainer. ..."
2. Strength of Materials by Arthur Morley (1908)
"straining Actions on Beams. Shearing Force and Bending Moment.—Before investigating
the stresses and strains set up in bending, the straining actions ..."
3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"The >'out three feet in diameter by deep, «nd is perforated with about 40000
h»]cs, • •in the straining chamber through an of one-eighth of an inch in ..."
4. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1918)
"Surely it is very odd that every goat in sight is straining at its tether!
For the grass is fresh and toothsome, and none is fastened near a bare spot; ..."
5. Essays and Essay-writing by William Maddux Tanner (1917)
"straining AT THE TETHER ON a grass-grown hillside, wearing the softest green ...
Surely it is very odd that every goat in sight is straining at its tether! ..."
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