straining
Pronunciation:
verb
Definitions
To hold tightly, to clasp.
To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
Example: Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.
To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
Example: The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
verb
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To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
Example: A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.
noun
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The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)
Filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.