Noun
1. a unit that is part of some military service;
"he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"2. 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"3. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity;
"force equals mass times acceleration"4. group of people willing to obey orders;
"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"5. a powerful effect or influence;
"the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"6. 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"7. 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"8. a group of people having the power of effective action;
"he joined forces with a band of adventurers"9. (of a law) having legal validity;
"the law is still in effect"Verb
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"2. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
3. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
4. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
"She forced her diet fads on him"5. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
"I squeezed myself into the corner"6. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
"She rammed her mind into focus""He drives me mad"7. do forcibly; exert force;
"Don't force it!"8. cause to move along the ground by pulling;
"draw a wagon""pull a sled"9. take by force;
"Storm the fort"