Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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staff | Yes | No | Yes | No |
force | Yes | No | Yes | No |
staff (noun) | force (noun) |
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a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base |
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
a rod carried as a symbol | physical energy or intensity |
the body of teachers and administrators at a school | a powerful effect or influence |
personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task | (of a law) having legal validity |
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration | group of people willing to obey orders |
a unit that is part of some military service | |
a group of people having the power of effective action | |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
staff (verb) | force (verb) |
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provide with staff | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
serve on the staff of | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | |
take by force | |
do forcibly; exert force | |
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | |
move with force | |
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |