force
     n 1: a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent
          Caesar a force of six thousand men" [syn: {military unit},
           {military force}, {military group}]
     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" [syn: {power}]
     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"
        [syn: {personnel}]
     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" [syn: {violence}]
     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" [syn: {forcefulness}, {strength}]
     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" [syn: {effect}]
     v 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"
          [syn: {coerce}, {hale}, {squeeze}, {pressure}]
     2: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
        [syn: {impel}]
     3: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" [syn: {push}]
        [ant: {pull}]
     4: impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
        "She forced her diet fads on him" [syn: {thrust}]
     5: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself
        into the corner" [syn: {wedge}, {squeeze}]
     6: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
        metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He
        drives me mad" [syn: {drive}, {ram}]
     7: do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"
     8: cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon";
        "pull a sled" [syn: {pull}, {draw}] [ant: {push}]
     9: take by force; "Storm the fort" [syn: {storm}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0