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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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Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..

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

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

Strainer :: Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained..

Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.

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

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

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..

Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..

Distress :: Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..

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

Constraining :: Constraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrai.

Styptic :: Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

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

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental..

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

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.