техн.; физ. напрягать
Дієприслівникова форма: напружувавши, напружуючи
Деепричастная форма: напрягав, напрягая
напрягаться
to strain, to string up, to exert, to tax;
надмірно напружувати — to overstrain, to overtax;напружувати всі свої сили — to strain every nerve, to make an intense effort;
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party." Herbert Hoover
"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." John Paul Jones
"Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked." Walter Savage Landor