noun
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
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the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
• Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game
• Hypernyms: ↑putout
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noun : a baseball play in which the runner is automatically out unless he advances one base
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Baseball.
a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
[1895-1900, Amer.]
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force play,
a play in which a base runner is forced to leave his base to the runner behind him and is put out by the fielder with the ball stepping on the next base before the base runner can reach it.
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n. Baseball an out made at a base to which a player must advance when a ball is hit, when a defensive player with the ball touches the base first
Useful english dictionary. 2012.