Forced
[fɔːst] or [fɔrst]
Definition
(adj.) made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; 'a forced landing' .
(adj.) forced or compelled; 'promised to abolish forced labor' .
(adj.) produced by or subjected to forcing; 'forced-air heating'; 'furnaces of the forced-convection type'; 'forced convection in plasma generators' .
Typed by Beryl--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Force
(a.) Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.
Checker: Sophia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Compelled, constrained.[2]. Strained, unnatural, catachrestic, far-fetched, studiously sought.
Editor: Ronda
Examples
- Why, the man was weary of you, and would have jilted you, but that Dobbin forced him to keep his word. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I had heard that very voice ere this, and compulsory observation had forced on me a theory as to what it boded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- That I'm forced to do, said Caleb, still more gently, lifting up his hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To me, you brought it; on me, you forced it; and the bottom of this raging sea,' striking himself upon the breast, 'has been heaved up ever since. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Forced to fly her husband's roof by this insult, the coward had pursued his revenge by taking her child from her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Was not this intimacy with the prisoner, in reality a very slight one, forced upon the prisoner in coaches, inns, and packets? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He had been too fond of his cousin to like to confess this to himself, until the truth had been forced on him, when she drove off to her aunt's. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Forced my brother to draw upon him, and has fallen by my brother's sword--like a gentleman. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With wonderful quickness, and with a strength both of will and action, that appeared quite supernatural, he forced all these changes upon him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was forced to go on alone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I forced the safe myself over night, and shut it up ajar before I went away. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- At the same time his aggressions in south Germany forced Austria and Russia steadily into a coalition with Britain against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All this I was forced to define and describe by putting cases and making suppositions. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The height to which the water can be forced in the pipe depends upon the size and construction of the pump and upon the force with which the plunger can be moved. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At times his voice broke, and he was forced to stop reading for the pitiful hopelessness that spoke between the lines. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And Mr. Jarnders, I see him a-forced to turn away his own self. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then for a while the barbarians were held, and the Emperor Probus in 276 forced the Franks and the Alamanni back over the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Trade sharpens wer wits; and them that's mechanics like me is forced to think. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have had a sirloin so large, that I have been forced to make three bites of it; but this is rare. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Hers was neither forced nor feigned. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Help was obtained, and the door forced. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- One is forced to believe that this was the real atmosphere of the young conqueror's life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- George neither spoke to nor looked at Legree, who did not countermand his orders, but stood, whistling, with an air of forced unconcern. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was forced by the logic of his assumptions to attempt the complete eradication of a system that flatly denied them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Ronda