Propel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|prəˈpel|
Brit.
|prəˈpel|
verb
- cause to move forward with force (syn: impel)
Steam propels this ship
- give an incentive for action (syn: actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt)Extra examples
He grabbed him and propelled him through the door.
The train is propelled by steam.
One of our students was unable to propel her wheelchair up the ramp.
She used the sticks to propel herself along.
He took her arm and propelled her towards the door.
The film propelled her to stardom.
Company directors were propelled into action.
Steam propels this ship
...the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: propel
he/she/it: propels
present participle: propelling
past tense: propelled
past participle: propelled
I/you/we/they: propel
he/she/it: propels
present participle: propelling
past tense: propelled
past participle: propelled
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