Definitions for "Straining"
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
Separating liquids from solids by passing them through a sieve or through muslin.
Keywords:  violent, exertion, intense
an intense or violent exertion
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
a. & n. from Strain.