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propel
English
Etymology
Historically (late Middle English) meant "expel, drive out". Borrowed from Latin propell?, from pro- (“forward”) and pell? (“I push, I move”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /p???p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
propel (third-person singular simple present propels, present participle propelling, simple past and past participle propelled)
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- (transitive, figuratively) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
Synonyms
- (either): drive, push
Antonyms
- (either): stay, halt, stop
- (cause to move): rest
Derived terms
- propeller
Related terms
- propulsion
Translations
Anagrams
- lopper
Danish
Alternative forms
- (rare) propeller
Etymology
From English propeller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prop?l/, [p???o?p?l?]
Noun
propel c (singular definite propellen, plural indefinite propeller)
- propeller (mechanical device used to propel)
Inflection
See also
- propel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
propel From the web:
- what propels sperm forward
- what propels a rocket
- what propeller came on my boat
- what propels light
- what propeller do i need
- what propels a rocket upward
- what propels a helicopter forward
- what propels the space station
propelment
English
Etymology
propel +? -ment
Noun
propelment (countable and uncountable, plural propelments)
- (archaic) Propulsion, the act of propeling.
- A mechanism that propels something.
propelment From the web:
- what propellant is used in modern ammunition
- what propellant is used in febreze
- what propellant does febreze use
- what propellants are used in aerosols
- what propellant is used in rockets
- what propellant is used in airbags
- what propellant does spacex use
- what propellant is used in asthma inhalers
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