Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
force-feed is a verb meaning "feed someone who will not or cannot eat". It carries one recorded sense.
feed someone who will not or cannot eat
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for force-feed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.