force in WordNet English dictionary

1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
   "He squeezed her for information"
   coerce  hale  squeeze  pressure  force 
   
2. cause to move by pulling
   "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
   pull  draw  force 
   
3. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
   "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
   force  drive  ram 
   
4. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
   "She forced her diet fads on him"
   force  thrust 
   
5. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
   "I squeezed myself into the corner"
   wedge  squeeze  force 
   
6. take by force
   "Storm the fort"
   storm  force 
   
7. do forcibly; exert force
   "Don't force it!"
   force 
   
8. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
   impel  force 
   
9. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
   push  force 
   

1. (of a law) having legal validity
   "the law is still in effect"
   effect  force 
   
2. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
   "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"
   force out  force-out  force play  force 
   
3. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
   "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
   violence  force 
   
4. physical energy or intensity
   "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
   force  forcefulness  strength 
   
5. a powerful effect or influence
   "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
   force 
   
6. group of people willing to obey orders
   "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
   force  personnel 
   
7. a unit that is part of some military service
   "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
   military unit  military force  military group  force 
   
8. a group of people having the power of effective action
   "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
   force 
   
9. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
   "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
   power  force 
   
10. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
    "force equals mass times acceleration"
    force