force out
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- putout hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
Sense 2 verb
force to leave (an office)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dethronement derivation
Sense 3 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- retire hyponym
- pension off hyponym
- clean out hyponym
- furlough hyponym
- squeeze out hyponym
- send away hyponym
Related & opposite
- hire antonym
- dismission derivation
- dismissible derivation
Sense 4 verb
force or drive out
The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- drive out verb group
Sense 5 verb
press, force, or thrust out of a small space
The weeds crowded out the flowers
Types & categories
- displace hypernym
Sense 6 verb
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months
Types & categories
- eject hypernym
Related & opposite
- dispossession derivation
- evict verb group
Sense 7 verb
cause to come out in a squirt
the boy squirted water at his little sister
Types & categories
- discharge hypernym
- spritz hyponym
- extravasate hyponym
Related & opposite
- ejection derivation
- water pistol derivation
- spurt derivation
Sense 8 verb
force with the thumb
gouge out his eyes
Types & categories
- mar hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
emit or cause to move with force of effort
force out the air
Types & categories
- emit hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | putout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dethronement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | boot out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overthrow |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | hire |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismission |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismissible |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeeze out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | send away |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | drive out |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoke out |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | displace |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispossession |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | evict |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | eject |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ejection |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | water pistol |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | spurt |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spritz |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | extravasate |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | gouge out |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouger |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | mar |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | emit |