| lubrication under pressure, as from a pump, used esp. in internal-combustion engines. |
[fawrs-feed, fohrs-] 
| 1. | to compel to take food, esp. by means of a tube inserted into the throat: They force-fed the prisoners in the hunger strike. |
| 2. | to compel to absorb or assimilate: The recruits were force-fed a military attitude. |