All propel synonyms
proΒ·pel
P p verb propel
- go forth β military: set out
- innerve β to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- inching β a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- bung β A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- make ready β the state or condition of being ready.
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- budge β If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement.
- go whole hog β Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- mobilise β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- get with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- militarise β Non-Oxford British standard spelling of militarize.
- fling β to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
- go great guns β to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- motored β pertaining to or operated by a motor.
- humping β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- head for β go towards, go to
- help out β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- locomote β to move about, especially under one's own power.
- gunning β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- offload β Unload (a cargo).
- move up β to pass from one place or position to another.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- call forth β to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- innervate β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- lay on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- catalyse β If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- lofted β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- mobilize β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- bunged β a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make headway β forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- exhort β Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- careering β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- go to town β a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- chunked β a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- activate β If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- catapult β A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
- cycling β any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- motoring β a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
noun propel
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.