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# propel

«propel» in Mova's school dictionary: **To push or drive something forward** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (propel, propels, propelled, propelling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To push or drive something forward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#m1)

2) To send someone into a new situation, or make them do something: propelled to fame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons forces propel things: engines propel cars, oars propel boats, a jet of air propels a balloon rocket. In stories a character can be propelled by fear or anger. Phrases: jet-propelled, self-propelled, propel forward.

### examples

- The engine propels the boat through the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x1)
- Oars propel a rowing boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x2)
- Air rushing out of the balloon propelled it across the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x3)
- Her great voice propelled her to fame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x4)
- Rockets are propelled by burning fuel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x5)
- The wind propelled the yacht faster than we expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x6)
- He imagines that one can propel things by means of steam." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/#x7)

### note

Double l in propelled, propelling. Noun: propeller (spinning blades on a boat or plane), propulsion. Newton's third law: a rocket pushes gas back, the gas pushes the rocket forward.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «propel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.