straining
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an intense or violent exertion
Types & categories
- elbow grease hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
his final, straining burst of speed
Related & opposite
- striving derivation
- arduousness derivation
- effortful similar to
Sense 3 noun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Types & categories
- falsification hypernym
Related & opposite
- overrefine derivation
- warp derivation
- twist around derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strenuous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | elbow grease |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | striving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arduousness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | effortful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overrefine |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist around |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsification |