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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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]