bull vs force

bull

verb
  • To force oneself (in a particular direction). 

  • To lie, to tell untruths. 

  • To polish boots to a high shine. 

  • To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull. 

  • To mate with (a cow or heifer). 

  • To endeavour to raise prices in. 

  • To mock; to cheat. 

  • To endeavour to raise the market price of. 

adj
  • Large and strong, like a bull. 

  • Adult male. 

  • Stupid. 

  • Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear). 

noun
  • A policeman. 

  • The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie. 

  • Any adult male bovine. 

  • Beef. 

  • Specifically, one that is uncastrated. 

  • An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals. 

  • A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both. 

  • An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices. 

  • A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age. 

  • An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. 

  • A lie. 

  • Nonsense. 

  • An elderly lesbian. 

  • A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope. 

  • A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope. 

  • A large, strong man. 

  • Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard. 

  • A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”) 

force

verb
  • To compel (someone or something) to do something. 

  • To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.). 

  • To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress. 

  • 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. 

  • To violate (a woman); to rape. 

  • To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force. 

  • To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of. 

  • To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb). 

  • To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold. 

  • To stuff; to lard; to farce. 

noun
  • A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. 

  • 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. 

  • 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) 

  • The ability to attack, control, or constrain. 

  • A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain. 

  • Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. 

  • Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape. 

  • Legal validity. 

  • Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion. 

  • Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. 

  • Synonym of police force 

  • Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. 

  • Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning. 

  • A waterfall or cascade. 

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