to propel
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4.0
- verb
- /prəˈpɛl/
:
impulsar
- The jellyfish can contract and relax their bells to propel themselves.
- propel forward
- propel a wheelchair
- propel with force
You need something to propel you in space as well.
- You need something to propel you in space as well.
- And he took the sled down, which propelled him down.
- Now in theory, yes, farting in space can propel you around.
- So now what happens if you lose the power to propel the vehicle?
- This American imaginative ground, a rocket pack that will propel him far above and beyond the reach of that ground.
- And once you are in space, you can propel yourself and, and, but you have to get there.
- You're propelled through the world with fixed acceleration.
- It lifts, it propels, it's stable sideways.
Examples
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What our story needs is an ironic, unexpected event, that will propel the hero into conflict.
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The rocket engines will propel the spacecraft into orbit around the Earth.
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You need something to propel you in space as well.
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So now what happens if you lose the power to propel the vehicle?
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So what's the idea using light to propel yourself?
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Only one man appeared to be on it, using the paddle to propel himself along.
Fiction book (1992) -
The capacity to use technology and incorporate it in meaningful ways to propel student learning has been profound.
Academic text (2012) -
I am scared and want to go back, but something propels me farther down the street.
Fiction book (1996) -
Charles seemed almost grim as he took the stick and propelled the tractor forward.
Fiction book (1993) -
So left joystick up activates the base, the base motor here and just propels the arm forward.
Synonyms
∞
3.4
To make something move, for example a boat or rocket
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1.0
To push something into another thing with force
31
2.9
To throw something forward through the air
27
2.9
Move a ball forward a long distance in sport
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2.5
To push someone up from below so they reach a higher place
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3.6
To move ahead by pushing people or things out of the way
2
4.8
Push something outward suddenly and strongly
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3.6
To move something closer to the front, for example a chair
To push someone or something forward into a new situation
To push forward through a crowd to get ahead
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
propel = pro + pel
Although composed of the prefix 'pro-' and the root 'pel' (meaning 'drive' in Latin), 'pel' is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from its parts.
Etymology
The word propel comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and pellere 'to drive'. You can see the same idea in propeller, the machine that pushes a plane or boat forward, so to propel something is to 'drive' or push it onward.