force-feed
verb/ˌfɔːs ˈfiːd/
/ˌfɔːrs ˈfiːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they force-feed | /ˌfɔːs ˈfiːd/ /ˌfɔːrs ˈfiːd/ |
| he / she / it force-feeds | /ˌfɔːs ˈfiːdz/ /ˌfɔːrs ˈfiːdz/ |
| past simple force-fed | /ˌfɔːs ˈfed/ /ˌfɔːrs ˈfed/ |
| past participle force-fed | /ˌfɔːs ˈfed/ /ˌfɔːrs ˈfed/ |
| -ing form force-feeding | /ˌfɔːs ˈfiːdɪŋ/ /ˌfɔːrs ˈfiːdɪŋ/ |
- to use force to make a person or an animal eat or drink by putting food or drink down their throat
- force-feed somebody/something Prisoners who tried to refuse food were often force-fed.
- force-feed somebody/something sth (figurative) Those teaching our kids should not be force-feeding them political ideas.
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