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WEDGE |
Force (into) |
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ENACTED |
Brought into force |
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ENACTING |
Bringing into force |
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DRAGOON |
Force into service |
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CONSCRIPT |
Force into service |
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POACH |
To force, drive, or plunge into anything. |
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PRESS |
To force into service, particularly into naval service; to
impress. |
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INTRUDE |
The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices
of rocks. |
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SHATTER |
To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to
pieces by any force applied. |
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CROWD |
To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man
crowds into a room. |
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DRIFT |
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. |
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INGLOBATE |
In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous
matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation. |
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CRUSH |
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a
smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes
easily. |
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SUBDUE |
To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of
superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under
dominion; to vanquish. |
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AIR PUMP |
A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed
space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space. |
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REND |
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to
tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting;
lightning rends an oak. |
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PIERCE |
To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through;
to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced
the ship. |
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HEAVE |
To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move;
also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to
heave the ship ahead. |
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COMPRESS |
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower
compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense;
as, to compress air or water. |
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FOTHER |
To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its
bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it
into the crack. |
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INCOMPRESSIBLE |
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by
force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting
compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost
incompressible. |
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CONDENSER |
An instrument for condensing air or other elastic
fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the
air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. |
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OVERBLOW |
To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an
overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper
octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing. |
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INJECT |
To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of
the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe. |
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CRAM |
To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in
thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to
superfluity; as, to ... |