force-feed

UK: /ˌfɔː^rsˈfiːd/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈforce-ˈfeed,  v. [~ + object (+ object)] , -fed, -feed•ing. 

1. to force to ingest food.
2. to force to learn:
   force-fed military discipline.

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force-feed verb ( -feeds, -feeding, -fed)(transitive)

1. to force (a person or animal) to eat or swallow food

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

force′ feed′, 

1. lubrication under pressure, as from a pump, used esp. in internal-combustion engines.

• 1915–20

force-feed  (fôrs′fēd′, fōrs′-), v.t., -fed, -feed•ing. 

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.

• 1905–10