Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FORCING
ppr. 1. Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing.
2. Causing to ripen before the natural season, as fruit; or causing to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree.
3. Fining wine by a speedy process.
FORCING
n. 1. In gardening, the art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits, at an earlier season than the natural one, by artificial heat.
2. The operation of fining wines by a speedy process.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FORCING
FORCING For "cing, n.
1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
2. (Gardening )
Defn: The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat. Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. -- Forcing engine, a fire engine. -- Forcing fit (Mech. ), a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together. -- Forcing house, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc. -- Forcing machine, a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle. -- Forcing pump. See Force pump (b ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
forcing
forc ing |ˈfôrsiNG ˈfɔrsɪŋ | ▶adjective Bridge (of a bid ) requiring by convention a response from one's partner, no matter how weak their hand may be.
forcing house
forc ing house ▶noun a place in which the growth or development of something (esp. plants ) is artificially hastened.
Oxford Dictionary
forcing
for |cing |fɔːsɪŋ | ▶adjective Bridge (of a bid ) requiring by convention a response from one's partner, no matter how weak their hand may be.
forcing house
for |cing house ▶noun a place in which the growth or development of something (especially plants ) is artificially hastened.
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