STRAINING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an intense or violent exertion
   Synonym(s)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) straining is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
   • elbow grease (what does elbow grease mean?)
   • exertion (what does exertion mean?)
   • travail (what does travail mean?)
   • sweat (what does sweat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • extend (what does extend mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • extend (what does extend mean?)
   • try (what does try mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • strive (what does strive mean?)
   • reach (what does reach mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   Synonym(s)
   • distortion (what does distortion mean?)
   • overrefinement (what does overrefinement mean?)
   • torture (what does torture mean?)
   • twisting (what does twisting mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) straining is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • falsification (what does falsification mean?)
   • misrepresentaation (what does misrepresentaation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • twist around (what does twist around mean?)
   • pervert (what does pervert mean?)
   • convolute (what does convolute mean?)
   • sophisticate (what does sophisticate mean?)
   • overrefine (what does overrefine mean?)
   • over-refine (what does over-refine mean?)
   • falsify (what does falsify mean?)
   • distort (what does distort mean?)
   • garble (what does garble mean?)
   • warp (what does warp mean?)

STRAINING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • taxing to the utmost
   • testing powers of endurance
   Synonym(s)
   • arduous (what does arduous mean?)
   • strenuous (what does strenuous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his final, straining burst of speed
   • a strenuous task
   • your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here- F.D.Roosevelt
   Similar To
   • effortful (what does effortful mean?)