straining — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)

   Beispiele

   sundry violent gaspings and strainings

2. filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.

Adjektiv

1. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

   Synonyme

   arduousstrenuous

   Beispiele

   his final, straining burst of speed

   a strenuous task

Substantiv

1. an intense or violent exertion

   Synonyme

   strain

   Oberbegriffe

   effortelbow greaseexertiontravailsweat

2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

   Synonyme

   distortionoverrefinementtorturetwisting

   Oberbegriffe

   falsificationmisrepresentation