| acneiform | (adjective) resembling acne | - |
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| aeriform | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: airlike |
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| (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aerial, aery, airy, ethereal |
| afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
| affordable | (adjective) that you have the financial means for | Synonyms: low-cost, low-priced |
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| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| aforementioned | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforesaid, said |
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| aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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| aforethought | (adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: planned, plotted |
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| airforce | (noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces | Synonyms: air force |
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| aliform | (adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alar, alary, wing-shaped |
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| amygdaliform | (adjective) shaped like an almond | Synonyms: almond-shaped, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal |
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| apoplectiform | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectoid |
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| arboriform | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| arciform | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arcuate, bowed |
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| auriform | (adjective) having a shape resembling an ear | Synonyms: ear-like, ear-shaped |
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| bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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| baculiform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped |
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| before | (adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: ahead, in front |
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| (adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: earlier |
| beforehand | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: advance |
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| (adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: ahead, in advance |
| biform | (adjective) having or combining two forms | - |
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| botuliform | (adjective) long with rounded ends | - |
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| bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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| bursiform | (adjective) shaped like a pouch | Synonyms: pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike |
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| calceiform | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceolate |
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| californium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | Synonyms: atomic number 98, Cf |
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| chloroform | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: trichloromethane |
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| (verb) anesthetize with chloroform | - |
| columniform | (adjective) having the form of a column | Synonyms: columnar, columnlike |
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| comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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| (noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
| (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
| (noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
| (noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
| (noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
| (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
| comfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | Synonyms: comfy |
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| (adjective) free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | - |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) sufficient to provide comfort | - |
| (adjective) having a wide margin | - |
| comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
| comfortably | (adverb) in mental comfort; without stress | - |
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| (adverb) in financial comfort | Synonyms: well |
| (adverb) in physical comfort | - |
| comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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| comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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| (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
| comforting | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: consolatory, consoling |
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| (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, satisfying |
| comfortingly | (adverb) in a comforting or consoling manner | Synonyms: consolingly |
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| comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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| comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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| conform | (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, adjust |
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| (verb) be similar, be in line with | - |
| conformable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: amenable |
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| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, concordant, consonant |
| (adjective) quick to comply | - |
| conformably | (adverb) in a conformable manner | - |
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| conformance | (noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformity |
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| conformation | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformity |
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| (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, contour, form, shape |
| (noun) a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing | - |
| conforming | (adjective) adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion) | Synonyms: conformist |
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| conformism | (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformity |
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| conformist | (adjective) marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles | - |
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| (adjective) adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion) | Synonyms: conforming |
| (noun) someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) | - |
| conformity | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformation |
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| (noun) hardened conventionality | Synonyms: ossification |
| (noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformance |
| (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformism |
| (noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accord, accordance |
| cordiform | (adjective) (of a leaf) shaped like a heart | Synonyms: cordate, heart-shaped |
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| counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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| cruciform | (adjective) shaped like a cross | Synonyms: cruciate |
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| cubiform | (adjective) shaped like a cube | Synonyms: cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cuboid, cuboidal |
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| cumuliform | (adjective) shaped like a cumulus cloud | - |
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| cuneiform | (adjective) of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) | - |
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| (adjective) shaped like a wedge | Synonyms: cuneal, wedge-shaped |
| (noun) an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | - |
| deforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: disafforest, disforest |
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| deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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| (noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
| deform | (verb) become misshapen | - |
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| (verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: distort, strain |
| (verb) assume a different shape or form | Synonyms: change form, change shape |
| (verb) make formless | - |
| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, flex, turn, twist |
| (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, distort, wring |
| deformation | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: contortion |
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| (noun) a change for the worse | Synonyms: distortion |
| (noun) alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it | - |
| deformational | (adjective) relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure | - |
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| deformed | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen |
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| deformity | (noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement |
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| (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: malformation, misshapenness |
| dendriform | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| disafforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disforest |
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| disciform | (adjective) having a round or oval shape like a disc | - |
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| discomfort | (noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | Synonyms: irritation, soreness |
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| (noun) the state of being tense and feeling pain | Synonyms: uncomfortableness |
| disforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disafforest |
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| disforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: deforestation |
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| disinformation | (noun) misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.) | - |
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| dolabriform | (adjective) having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver | Synonyms: dolabrate |
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| dropforge | (verb) forge with a dropforge | - |
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| effort | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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| (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail |
| (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: exploit, feat |
| (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement |
| effortful | (adjective) requiring great physical effort | - |
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| effortfulness | (noun) the quality of requiring deliberate effort | - |
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| effortless | (adjective) requiring or apparently requiring no effort | - |
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| (adjective) not showing effort or strain | Synonyms: casual |
| effortlessly | (adverb) without effort or apparent effort | - |
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| effortlessness | (noun) the quality of requiring little effort | - |
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| enforce | (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, implement |
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| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, impose |
| enforceable | (adjective) capable of being enforced | - |
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| enforced | (adjective) forced or compelled or put in force | Synonyms: implemented |
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| enforcement | (noun) the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to | - |
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| enforcer | (noun) one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior | Synonyms: hatchet man |
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| ensiform | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: bladelike, sword-shaped, swordlike |
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| falciform | (adjective) curved like a sickle | Synonyms: falcate, sickle-shaped |
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| filiform | (adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread | Synonyms: filamentlike, filamentous, threadlike, thready |
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| fluoroform | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: trifluoromethane |
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| forage | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: foraging |
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| (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
| (verb) wander and feed | - |
| (verb) collect or look around for (food) | Synonyms: scrounge |
| forager | (noun) someone who hunts for food and provisions | - |
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| foraging | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: forage |
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| foram | (noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | Synonyms: foraminifer |
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| foramen | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | Synonyms: hiatus |
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| foraminifer | (noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | Synonyms: foram |
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| foray | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: maraud, raid |
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| (noun) an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence) | - |
| (verb) briefly enter enemy territory | - |
| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
| forbear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forebear |
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| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: refrain |
| (verb) refrain from doing | Synonyms: hold back |
| forbearance | (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting | - |
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| (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: longanimity, patience |
| forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
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| forbid | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent |
| forbiddance | (noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: inhibition, prohibition |
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| (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbidding |
| forbidden | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten |
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| forbidding | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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| (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: dour, grim |
| (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance |
| forbiddingly | (adverb) in an unpleasant or menacing manner | - |
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| force | (noun) a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | Synonyms: force-out, force out, force play |
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| (noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | Synonyms: violence |
| (noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: forcefulness, strength |
| (noun) a powerful effect or influence | - |
| (noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: effect |
| (noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: personnel |
| (noun) a unit that is part of some military service | Synonyms: military force, military group, military unit |
| (noun) a group of people having the power of effective action | - |
| (noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: power |
| (noun) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | - |
| (verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: thrust |
| (verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: squeeze, wedge |
| (verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: drive, ram |
| (verb) take by force | Synonyms: storm |
| (verb) do forcibly; exert force | - |
| (verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: impel |
| (verb) move with force | Synonyms: push |
| (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze |