straining
adjective
1. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
- his final, straining burst of speed
noun
1. an intense or violent exertion
Similar word(s): strain
Definition categories: act, effort, exertion, sweat, travail
2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Similar word(s): distortion, overrefinement, torture, twisting
Definition categories: act, falsification, misrepresentation
Sentences with straining as a noun:
- Sundry violent gaspings and strainings. — Herman Melville.
verb
1. present participle of strain