Definition of "Force" :

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."

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."

noun: (of a law) having legal validity

noun: physical energy or intensity

"He hit with all the force he could muster."

noun: a powerful effect or influence

"The force of his eloquence easily persuaded them."

noun: a unit that is part of some military service

"He sent Caesar a force of six thousand men."

noun: a group of people having the power of effective action

"He joined forces with a band of adventurers."

noun: group of people willing to obey orders

"A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens."

noun: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

"May the force be with you."

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

"Force equals mass times acceleration."

verb: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

"She forced her diet fads on him."

verb: do forcibly; exert force

"Don't force it!."

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

verb: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

verb: take by force

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

verb: move with force

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."