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 use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
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.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
To furnish or equip with.
To fill up, or keep full.
To act as a substitute.
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
An amount of something supplied.
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
Provisions.
The act of supplying.