amerikai:
brit:
1. To violate (a woman); to rape.
2. To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
3. To compel (someone or something) to do something.
4. To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
5. To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
6. To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.
7. To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
To force a lock.
8. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
9. To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.
10. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
11. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
12. To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
13. To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
1. To stuff; to lard; to farce.
1. The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
2. An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
3. A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
4. The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
1. Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.