Straining
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To hold tightly, to clasp.
Strain
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Treasure.The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.Race; lineage, pedigree.a tune, melodyA particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.A kind or sort (of person etc.).The amount by which a material deforms under stress or force, given as a ratio of the deformation to the initial dimension of the material and typically symbolised by ε is termed the engineering strain. The true strain is defined as the natural logarithm of the ratio of the final dimension to the initial dimension.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch too far.To apply a force or forces toTo tighten the strings of a musical instrument; to uplift one's voiceTo separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
Example sentence: When I came into comedy in 2005, I didn't even know there was discrimination against musical comics in the alternative-comedy strain.