force vs pull

force

noun
  • The ability to attack, control, or constrain. 

  • 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) 

  • 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. 

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. 

pull

noun
  • The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout. 

  • The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink. 

  • The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology 

  • A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path. 

  • Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope. 

  • An attractive force which causes motion towards the source. 

  • Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star). 

  • A single impression from a handpress. 

  • A journey made by rowing. 

  • A proof sheet. 

  • An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself). 

  • An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain. 

  • An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing. 

  • A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot. 

intj
  • Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched. 

verb
  • To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.) 

  • To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority. 

  • To row. 

  • To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source. 

  • To do or perform. 

  • To score a certain number of points in a sport. 

  • To attract or net; to pull in. 

  • To pull out from a yard or station; to leave. 

  • To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. 

  • To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine. 

  • To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.). 

  • To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. 

  • To draw apart; to tear; to rend. 

  • To hold back, and so prevent from winning. 

  • To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability. 

  • To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field. 

  • To persuade (someone) to have sex with one: to be 'on the pull' - looking for a sexual partner. 

  • To retrieve or generate for use. 

  • To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target. 

  • To take a swig or mouthful of drink. 

  • To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.). 

  • To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. 

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