propel
English
WOTD – 21 May 2009
Etymology
Historically (late Middle English) meant "expel, drive out". Borrowed from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“I push, I move”).
Verb
propel (third-person singular simple present propels, present participle propelling, simple past and past participle propelled)
- (transitive) 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) To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to cause to move in a certain direction
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to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
Danish
Alternative forms
- (rare) propeller
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /propɛl/, [pʰʁ̥oˈpɛlˀ]
Noun
propel c (singular definite propellen, plural indefinite propeller)
- propeller (mechanical device used to propel)
Inflection
Declension of propel
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | propel | propellen | propeller | propellerne |
genitive | propels | propellens | propellers | propellernes |
See also
propel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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