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STRAINING
- Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make a strenuous or unusually great effort
- Make a strenuous and continuous effort
- Make severe or excessive demands on
- Pull or push forcibly at something
- Stretch (something) tightly
- Injure (a limb, muscle, or organ) by overexerting it or twisting it awkwardly
- Embrace (someone) tightly
- Pour (a mainly liquid substance) through a porous or perforated device or material in order to separate out any solid matter
- Cause liquid to drain off (food that has been boiled, soaked, or canned) by using such a device
- Drain off (liquid) in this way
- STRAIN, to exert to the utmost [v]