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noun

lubrication under pressure, as from a pump, used especially in internal-combustion engines.

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Origin of force feed

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby force feed

forced march, forced perspective, force-draft, forced sale, forced vital capacity, force feed, force-field analysis, forceful, force majeure, force-march, forcemeat

Other definitions for force feed (2 of 2)

force-feed

[ fawrs-feed, fohrs- ]

/ ˈfɔrsˈfid, ˈfoʊrs- /

verb (used with object), force-fed, force-feed·ing.

to compel to take food, especially by means of a tube inserted into the throat: They force-fed the prisoners in the hunger strike.

to compel to absorb or assimilate: The recruits were force-fed a military attitude.

Origin of force-feed

First recorded in 1905–10

How to use force feed in a sentence

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
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And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
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Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
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The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
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The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.
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But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
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She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.
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British Dictionary definitions for force feed

force-feed

verb -feeds, -feeding or -fed (tr)

to force (a person or animal) to eat or swallow food

to force (someone) to receive opinions, propaganda, etc

noun force feed

a method of lubrication in which a pump forces oil into the bearings of an engine, etc

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