| force | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. force | a powerful effect or influence.; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" |
| ~ influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc.; "used her parents' influence to get the job" |
| ~ pressure | a force that compels.; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government" |
| ~ duress | compulsory force or threat.; "confessed under duress" |
| ~ heartbeat | an animating or vital unifying force.; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America" |
| ~ lifeblood | an essential or life-giving force.; "water is the lifeblood of India" |
| ~ wheel | forces that provide energy and direction.; "the wheels of government began to turn" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration" |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ physical phenomenon | a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy. |
| ~ aerodynamic force | forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids). |
| ~ chemical attraction, affinity | the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule.; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk" |
| ~ attraction, attractive force | the force by which one object attracts another. |
| ~ repulsion, repulsive force | the force by which bodies repel one another. |
| ~ centrifugal force | the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body. |
| ~ centripetal force | the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body. |
| ~ cohesion | (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid. |
| ~ coriolis force | (physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced. |
| ~ drift, impetus, impulsion | a force that moves something along. |
| ~ lorentz force | the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field.; "the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets" |
| ~ moment | a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force). |
| ~ propulsion | a propelling force. |
| ~ pull | the force used in pulling.; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" |
| ~ thrust, push | the force used in pushing.; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" |
| ~ reaction | (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body.; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" |
| ~ stress | (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body.; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area" |
| ~ torque, torsion | a twisting force. |
| ~ magnetomotive force | the force that produces magnetic flux. |
| ~ elan vital, life force, vital force, vitality | (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. force, forcefulness, strength | 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" |
| ~ brunt | main force of a blow etc.; "bore the brunt of the attack" |
| ~ momentum, impulse | an impelling force or strength.; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" |
| ~ vigor, vigour, energy, zip | forceful exertion.; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" |
| ~ intensiveness, intensity | high level or degree; the property of being intense. |
| n. (group) | 4. force, personnel | group of people willing to obey orders.; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" |
| ~ organization, organisation | a group of people who work together. |
| ~ guerilla force, guerrilla force | an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment; often rural and organized in large groups. |
| ~ armed service, military service, service | a force that is a branch of the armed forces. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit | a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops). |
| ~ constabulary, police, police force, law | the force of policemen and officers.; "the law came looking for him" |
| ~ private security force, security force | a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry. |
| ~ military police, mp | a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners. |
| ~ manpower, men, work force, workforce, hands | the force of workers available. |
| ~ patrol | a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security. |
| ~ military personnel, soldiery, troops | soldiers collectively. |
| ~ rank and file, rank | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army).; "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" |
| ~ staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" |
| ~ line personnel | personnel having direct job performance responsibilities. |
| ~ management personnel | personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities. |
| n. (group) | 5. force, military force, military group, military unit | a unit that is part of some military service.; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" |
| ~ trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces. |
| ~ social unit, unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group.; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" |
| ~ command | a military unit or region under the control of a single officer. |
| ~ enemy | an opposing military force.; "the enemy attacked at dawn" |
| ~ task force | a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective. |
| ~ army unit | a military unit that is part of an army. |
| ~ naval unit | a military unit that is part of a navy. |
| ~ air unit | a military unit that is part of the airforce. |
| ~ armour, armor | a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles. |
| ~ armed service, military service, service | a force that is a branch of the armed forces. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin | a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.; "some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists" |
| ~ guard | a military unit serving to protect some place or person. |
| ~ legion | a large military unit.; "the French Foreign Legion" |
| ~ echelon | a body of troops arranged in a line. |
| ~ phalanx | a body of troops in close array. |
| ~ republican guard | formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad. |
| ~ haganah | the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force. |
| ~ idf, israeli defense force | the ground and air and naval forces of Israel. |
| ~ militia, reserves | civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. |
| ~ commando | an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory. |
| ~ contingent, detail | a temporary military unit.; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent" |
| ~ headquarters | (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff. |
| ~ spearhead | the leading military unit in an attack. |
| ~ military man, serviceman, man, military personnel | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force.; "two men stood sentry duty" |
| n. (act) | 6. force, violence | 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" |
| ~ aggression, hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. |
| ~ domestic violence | violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women. |
| ~ road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic. |
| ~ public violence, riot | a public act of violence by an unruly mob. |
| n. (person) | 7. force, power | 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" |
| ~ causal agency, causal agent, cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. |
| ~ juggernaut, steamroller | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way. |
| ~ influence | one having power to influence another.; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children" |
| ~ moloch | a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice.; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life" |
| n. (group) | 8. force | a group of people having the power of effective action.; "he joined forces with a band of adventurers" |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| n. (attribute) | 9. effect, force | (of a law) having legal validity.; "the law is still in effect" |
| ~ validness, validity | the quality of having legal force or effectiveness. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 10. force, force out, force play, force-out | 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.; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force" |
| ~ putout | an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout).; "the first baseman made 15 putouts" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| v. (social) | 11. coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze | 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" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ turn up the heat, turn up the pressure | apply great or increased pressure.; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election" |
| ~ drive | to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly.; "She is driven by her passion" |
| ~ bludgeon | overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club.; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure.; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" |
| ~ squeeze for | squeeze someone for money, information, etc.. |
| ~ dragoon, railroad, sandbag | compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" |
| ~ terrorise, terrorize | coerce by violence or with threats. |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| ~ bring oneself | cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative.; "He could not bring himself to call his parents" |
| v. (creation) | 12. force, impel | urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| v. (motion) | 13. force, push | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| ~ nudge, poke at, prod | to push against gently.; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" |
| ~ press | exert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" |
| ~ push, press | make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" |
| ~ beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse, drive | cause to move back by force or influence.; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" |
| ~ shove | push roughly.; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line" |
| ~ flick, jerk | throw or toss with a quick motion.; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ shove, jostle | come into rough contact with while moving.; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" |
| ~ push | press against forcefully without moving.; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength" |
| ~ nose | push or move with the nose. |
| ~ obtrude, push out, thrust out | push to thrust outward. |
| ~ push aside, push away | push out of the way. |
| ~ muscle into | force one's way.; "He muscled into the union" |
| ~ push up | push upward. |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| ~ drive | urge forward.; "drive the cows into the barn" |
| ~ jam | push down forcibly.; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor" |
| ~ stuff, thrust, shove, squeeze | press or force.; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
| ~ topple, tumble, tip | cause to topple or tumble by pushing. |
| v. (communication) | 14. force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.; "She forced her diet fads on him" |
| ~ sting, stick | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (contact) | 15. force, squeeze, wedge | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.; "I squeezed myself into the corner" |
| ~ impact | press or wedge together; pack together. |
| ~ compress, pack together, compact | make more compact by or as if by pressing.; "compress the data" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 16. drive, force, ram | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" |
| ~ toenail, toe | drive obliquely.; "toe a nail" |
| ~ drive | compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment.; "She finally drove him to change jobs" |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| ~ drive | to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly.; "She is driven by her passion" |
| v. (contact) | 17. draw, force, pull | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ twitch | move or pull with a sudden motion. |
| ~ pull back | move to a rearward position; pull towards the back.; "Pull back your arms!" |
| ~ adduct | draw a limb towards the body.; "adduct the thigh muscle" |
| ~ abduct | pull away from the body.; "this muscle abducts" |
| ~ stretch | pull in opposite directions.; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" |
| ~ pluck, plunk, pick | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" |
| ~ tug | pull or strain hard at.; "Each oar was tugged by several men" |
| ~ drag | pull, as against a resistance.; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
| ~ cart, haul, drag, hale | draw slowly or heavily.; "haul stones"; "haul nets" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ jerk, yank | pull, or move with a sudden movement.; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" |
| ~ winch | pull or lift up with or as if with a winch.; "winch up the slack line" |
| ~ pluck, pull off, pick off, tweak | pull or pull out sharply.; "pluck the flowers off the bush" |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ pull, draw | cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" |
| v. (contact) | 18. force | do forcibly; exert force.; "Don't force it!" |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (contact) | 19. force, storm | take by force.; "Storm the fort" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| dye | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. dye, dyestuff | a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair. |
| ~ acid dye | dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion. |
| ~ alizarin yellow | any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner. |
| ~ anil, indigo, indigotin | a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically. |
| ~ aniline dye | any of many dyes made from aniline. |
| ~ azo dye | any dye containing one or more azo groups. |
| ~ basic color, basic colour, basic dye | a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion. |
| ~ chromophore | the chemical group that gives color to a molecule. |
| ~ coloring material, colour, colouring material, color | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| ~ blueing, bluing, blue | used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. |
| ~ bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein | a dye used as an acid-base indicator. |
| ~ bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue | a dye used as an acid-base indicator. |
| ~ cochineal | a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects. |
| ~ cyanine dye | any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography. |
| ~ direct dye, substantive dye | dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.). |
| ~ fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein | a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed). |
| ~ fluorochrome | any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens. |
| ~ hair coloring, hair dye | a dye or tint for the hair. |
| ~ kendal, kendal green | a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant. |
| ~ lac dye | scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac. |
| ~ lead acetate, sugar of lead | a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes. |
| ~ archil, cudbear, orchil | a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens. |
| ~ quercitron | a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree. |
| ~ radiopaque dye | dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination. |
| ~ saffranine, safranin, safranine | any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes. |
| ~ tyrian purple | a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically. |
| ~ vat color, vat dye | a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton. |
| ~ woad | a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant. |
| v. (change) | 2. dye | color with dye.; "Please dye these shoes" |
| ~ discolour, discolor, color, colour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| ~ bronze | give the color and appearance of bronze to something.; "bronze baby shoes" |
| ~ stain | color for microscopic study.; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen" |
| ~ deep-dye | dye thoroughly. |
| ~ yarn-dye, impress | dye (fabric) before it is spun. |
| ~ stain | color with a liquid dye or tint.; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" |
| ~ fast dye | dye with fast colors.; "These shirts should be fast-dyed" |
| ~ double dye | dye twice. |
| ~ hand-dye | dye by hand.; "This fabric is hand-dyed" |
| ~ piece-dye | dye after weaving. |
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