forcing

Speech parts

1. forcing - Noun

2. forcing - Adjective

3. forcing - Verb

Meaning

of Force

The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

make making force pressure strong forced press powerful drive draw driving binding push enforcement thrust
Show all synonyms

Phrases with the word

forcing pump brute forcing forcing pit

Examples

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. Eric Hoffer

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. Frank Zappa

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. Sigmund Freud

No forcing the sea. Irish Proverb

Forcing a bludgeon through a chinar trunk. Doing the impossible. Kashmir Proverb

Close letter words and terms

forcibleness forcibly Forcier forcing function forcing house forcing out