PROPEL


Meaning of PROPEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prəpel ]

( propels, propelling, propelled)

1.

To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.

The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.

VERB : V n prep

-propelled combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled.

...rocket-propelled grenades.

COMB in ADJ

2.

If something propels you into a particular activity, it causes you to do it.

It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...

He is propelled by both guilt and the need to avenge his father.

VERB : V n prep , be V-ed

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