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
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
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
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
7.do forcibly; exert force;
Don't force it!
8.cause to move along the ground by pulling;
draw a wagon
9.take by force;
Storm the fort