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According to WordNet, the verb "force" has 9 sense(s).

200747418 impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him".

201448100 cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled".

201527271 squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner".

201650425 urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate.

202504562 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".

201516534 force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad".

201586600 take by force; "Storm the fort".

201871979 move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner".

201350449 do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!".


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