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Definition of straining

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Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..

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Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive..

Strain :: Strain (n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained..

Modest :: Modest (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man..

Strain :: Straining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strai.

Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..

Coaction :: Coaction (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling..

Tension :: Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx..

Distrainor :: Distrainor (n.) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..

Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..

Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Colander :: Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like..

Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..

Abstentious :: Abstentious (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.