force

Sense 1 noun

a powerful effect or influence

the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them

Sense 2 verb

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

She forced him to take a job in the city

Sense 3 noun

(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

force equals mass times acceleration

Sense 4 verb

urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

Sense 5 noun

physical energy or intensity

he hit with all the force he could muster

Sense 6 verb

move with force,

He pushed the table into a corner

Sense 7 noun

group of people willing to obey orders

a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens

Sense 8 verb

impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

She forced her diet fads on him

Sense 9 noun

a unit that is part of some military service

he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

Sense 10 verb

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

I squeezed myself into the corner

Sense 11 noun

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

Sense 12 verb

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

She rammed her mind into focus

Sense 13 noun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

the mysterious presence of an evil power

Sense 14 verb

cause to move by pulling

draw a wagon

Sense 15 noun

a group of people having the power of effective action

he joined forces with a band of adventurers

Sense 16 verb

do forcibly; exert force

Don't force it!

Sense 17 noun

(of a law) having legal validity

the law is still in effect

Sense 18 verb

take by force

Storm the fort

Sense 19 noun

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