An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
verb
(intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
(transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.
force
force
noun
(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.
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
forcs
forcy
frock
frock
noun
(dialectal) A frog.
A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
A sailor's jersey.
An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
An undress regimental coat.
verb
(US military, transitive) To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
