Search Result for "force_out":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base;
- Example: "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"
[syn: force out, force-out, force play, force]


VERB (8)

1. force to leave (an office);
[syn: depose, force out]

2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
- Example: "The boss fired his secretary today"
- Example: "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate]

3. force or drive out;
- Example: "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
[syn: rout out, drive out, force out, rouse]

4. press, force, or thrust out of a small space;
- Example: "The weeds crowded out the flowers"
[syn: force out, crowd out]

5. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process;
- Example: "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
[syn: evict, force out]

6. cause to come out in a squirt;
- Example: "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
[syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject]

7. force with the thumb;
- Example: "gouge out his eyes"
[syn: gouge, force out]

8. emit or cause to move with force of effort;
- Example: "force out the air"
- Example: "force out the splinter"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

force out
    n 1: a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the
         putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching
         the base to which the runner must advance before the runner
         reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second
         on a force" [syn: force out, force-out, force play,
         force]
    v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: depose, force out]
    2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
       position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
       terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
       give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
       sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
       employ, engage, hire]
    3: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2
       A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, force out, rouse]
    4: press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds
       crowded out the flowers" [syn: force out, crowd out]
    5: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal
       process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not
       paid the rent for four months" [syn: evict, force out]
    6: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his
       little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out,
       eject]
    7: force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge,
       force out]
    8: emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the
       air"; "force out the splinter"