Synonyms: force, force out, force play, force-out
Definition: 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
Usage: the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
Similar words: putout
Definition: an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
Usage: the first baseman made 15 putouts
Definition: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
Usage: he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Similar words: aggression, hostility
Definition: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Definition: (of a law) having legal validity
Usage: the law is still in effect
Synonyms: force, forcefulness, strength
Definition: physical energy or intensity
Usage: 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
Similar words: intensity, intensiveness
Definition: high level or degree; the property of being intense
Synonyms: force
Definition: a powerful effect or influence
Usage: the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
Similar words: influence
Definition: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
Usage: used her parents' influence to get the job
Synonyms: military force, military group, military unit, force
Definition: a unit that is part of some military service
Usage: he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
Similar words: unit, social unit
Definition: an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
Usage: the coach said the offensive unit did a good job; after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
Synonyms: force
Definition: a group of people having the power of effective action
Usage: he joined forces with a band of adventurers
Similar words: social group
Definition: people sharing some social relation
Definition: group of people willing to obey orders
Usage: a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
Similar words: organisation, organization
Definition: a group of people who work together
Definition: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
Usage: the mysterious presence of an evil power; may the force be with you; the forces of evil
Similar words: causal agency, causal agent, cause
Definition: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
Synonyms: force
Definition: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Usage: force equals mass times acceleration
Similar words: physical phenomenon
Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
Definition: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Usage: She forced her diet fads on him
Similar words: obligate, oblige, compel
Definition: force somebody to do something
Usage: We compel all students to fill out this form
Synonyms: force
Definition: do forcibly; exert force
Usage: Don't force it!
Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
Definition: cause to move by pulling
Usage: draw a wagon; pull a sled
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Definition: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Usage: She rammed her mind into focus; He drives me mad
Synonyms: force, wedge, squeeze
Definition: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
Usage: I squeezed myself into the corner
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Definition: take by force
Usage: Storm the fort
Similar words: penetrate, perforate
Definition: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
Usage: The bullet penetrated her chest
Definition: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Similar words: cause, do, make
Definition: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Usage: cause a commotion; make a stir; cause an accident
Definition: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: squeeze, pressure, force, hale, coerce
Definition: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
Usage: He squeezed her for information
Similar words: obligate, oblige, compel
Definition: force somebody to do something
Usage: We compel all students to fill out this form