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Meaning of straining
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
straining
adj 1: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his
final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task";
"your willingness after these six arduous days to remain
here"- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: {arduous}, {straining},
{strenuous}]
n 1: an intense or violent exertion [syn: {strain}, {straining}]
2: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something
it was not intended to mean [syn: {distortion},
{overrefinement}, {straining}, {torture}, {twisting}]
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