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Meanings of straining in English

Catalan
deformació
Spanish
deformación

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

deformació
Portuguese
esforço

An intense or violent exertion.

esforço

Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance.

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Usage of straining in English
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This new reality has caused bitter exchanges on social media, straining friendships.
The Guardian
2
Every house was different, Charlie said, idiosyncratic but without straining to be.
A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
3
Refugees are flooding out of Syria, straining neighbouring countries' ability to cope.
Reuters
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Refugees are flooding out of Syria, straining neighboring countries' ability to cope.
Reuters
5
Yet even in this sector firms saw the franc straining sales prices.
Reuters
6
Let stand for a few minutes before straining through a fine sieve.
Cooking for friends
7
D. The old trick; picking one text, straining it; and ignoring six.
Hard Cash
8
Ten minutes later, it was a silver igloo straining at its moorings.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
9
Davido could hear his voice creaking and cracking, straining to say something.
Tomato rhapsody: a fable of love, lust and forbidden fruit
10
Despair leaned forward, straining to hear, lest he miss a single syllable.
The Wyrmling Horde
11
The shifting hoard of newspeople went silent, straining to hear Garrett's response.
Book of shadows
12
Anduin heard it after a moment of straining- afainttapping and clanking.
World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
13
Aileen bent to examine it, her eyes straining in the increasing dusk.
Flamsted quarries
14
Erect in the middle of the drawing-room, Constance listened, straining her ears.
Fruitfulness
15
But he saw that she was straining her eyes in the distance.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
16
There is no straining after effect in the manuscript reproduced by Craik.
John Rutherford, the White Chief: A Story of Adventure in New Ze...
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Translations for straining
Portuguese
esforço
Straining through the time
Straining across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common