company vs shoehorn

company

noun
  • Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. 

  • A small group of birds or animals. 

  • A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. 

  • Companionship. 

  • A unit of firefighters and their equipment. 

  • An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. 

  • The entire crew of a ship. 

  • Social visitors or companions. 

  • An intelligence service. 

  • A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. 

shoehorn

noun
  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

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