Definitions

to very much reduce something, such as money or jobs:

to force someone to do something:

(especially of a situation) to exist:

to print an image by forcing ink through a pattern cut into a piece of cloth stretched across a frame:

to give something a particular feeling, quality, or taste:

to damage or weaken something so that it is less effective:

a short and very fast race, such as the 100 metres, or the last part of a longer race that is run as fast as possible:

to fix ideas, feelings, or opinions in someone elses mind:

the act of removing the legal force of a law:

If a formal process or activity reopens or is reopened, it begins again or starts to be dealt with again after a period of time:

to ask for new bids (= offers to do something for a particular price, when people are competing to be able to do it) for something such as a job: