straining

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of strain

noun

1. The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)

   “sundry violent gaspings and strainings”

2. filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

   “Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.”