Definitions of force:

• noun:   physical energy or intensity

  Example: "He hit with all the force he could muster"

• noun:   a powerful effect or influence

  Example: "The force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"

• noun:   a group of people having the power of effective action

  Example: "He joined forces with a band of adventurers"

• noun:   group of people willing to obey orders

  Example: "A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

• noun:   (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

  Example: "Force equals mass times acceleration"

• noun:   an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

  Example: "He may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

• noun:   (of a law) having legal validity
• noun:   one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

  Example: "May the force be with you"

• noun:   a unit that is part of some military service

  Example: "He sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

• verb:   impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably

  Example: "She forced her diet fads on him"

• verb:   do forcibly; exert force

  Example: "Don't force it!"

• verb:   force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
• verb:   take by force
• verb:   urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• verb:   move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
• verb:   cause to move along the ground by pulling
• verb:   squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
• verb:   to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7982)