(countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
(countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
(countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
(countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
(countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
(humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
(law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
(law) Legal validity.
(linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
(uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
(usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
verb
(archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
(obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
(obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
(transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
(transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
(transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
(transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
(transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
(transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
(transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
(whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
