propel
propel
Definition
pro·pel (prə pel′, prō-)
transitive verb -·pelled′, -·pel′·ling
to push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
Etymology: ME propellen < L propellere < pro-, forward + pellere, to drive: see felt
propel
Synonyms
propel
Usage Examples
Object
- grenade: They were being hit with rocket propelled grenades from all sides.
- pencil: I have since gotten a couple more pens and a propelling pencil and they all write nicely and are balanced " just so " .
- vehicle: Gas propelled vehicles have been around for many years.
- mankind: Finally, the contemporary economic disorder has propelled mankind to live in an age of crisis - political, social, and financial crises.
- wheelchair: If you propel the wheelchair yourself a tray will let you carry objects.
- rocket: There is an Artillery Battalion of around eighteen self propelled rocket assisted howitzers split into three batteries.
Subject
- oar: It was the last great battle to be fought in ships propelled by oars.
- engine: To date, every vehicle placed into orbit has been propelled solely by rocket engines.
Modifying Another Word
- mechanically: Any ' mechanically propelled ' vehicle used or kept on a public road must display a valid tax disk.
- non-mechanically: These paths will be known as restricted byways - highways over which there are bridleway rights and the right to drive non-mechanically propelled vehicles.
- electrically: In September 2000 a woman in London was convicted of riding an electrically propelled scooter on the road without insurance.
- manually: A license is needed in order to navigate even a manually propelled boat on the Thames.
- forward: World capitalism is not propelled forward by the permanent arms economy.
- either: Balls were propelled either by a cue or a mace ( a long stick with a flat pushing block on one end ).
Followed by an intransitive particle
- along: The whole thing is propelled along by the relentless rhythm of the piece.
Preposition: at
- speed: Sitting in it, 7in above the road, it's like being propelled at warp speed.
Preposition: by
- oar: It was the last great battle to be fought in ships propelled by oars.
- engine: To date, every vehicle placed into orbit has been propelled solely by rocket engines.
- wind: In fact most families enjoy time on the water during the summer, whether being propelled by wind or motor.
- force: This objective may yet be propelled by legislative force in the form of a proposed Composting Directive.
Browse dictionary entries near propel
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- propagandist
- propagandism
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- propellent
- propeller
- propend
- propene
- propensity
- proper
- proper fraction
- proper lookout
- proper party
