PROPEL


Meaning of PROPEL in English

(~s, ~ling, ~led)

1.

To ~ 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 ~ it toward Mars.

VERB: V n prep

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

...rocket-~led grenades.

COMB in ADJ

2.

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

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

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

VERB: V n prep, be V-ed

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