force feed
lubrication under pressure, as from a pump, used especially in internal-combustion engines.
Origin of force feed
1Other definitions for force-feed (2 of 2)
to compel to take food, especially by means of a tube inserted into the throat: They force-fed the prisoners in the hunger strike.
to compel to absorb or assimilate: The recruits were force-fed a military attitude.
Origin of force-feed
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British Dictionary definitions for force-feed
to force (a person or animal) to eat or swallow food
to force (someone) to receive opinions, propaganda, etc
a method of lubrication in which a pump forces oil into the bearings of an engine, etc
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