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straining
01
taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Grammatical Information
Composition
present participle adjective
qualitative
Superlative
most straining
Comparative
more straining
gradable
Straining
01
an intense or violent exertion
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Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
strainings
02
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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straining
strain
