propel

English - Turkish

Definition of propel in English Turkish dictionary: ileri sür; {f} itmek; ileri doğru sürmek; lüzumsuz; ileriye doğru sürmek; yürütmek; Sürüklemek.- He propelled her from öne party to another; ilerlet; {f} sevketmek; {f} ileriye itmek; ileri sürmek; sevk etmek
propel control lever: yürüyüş kontrol kolu
propelling: ilerletici
propelling: {i} ileri iten
propelling: {f} ileri it
propelling: ileri iterek
push, thrust, drive; move forward: İtme itme, sürücü; taşımak ileri
propelling: {s} itici
propelling: {s} iten
propelling: ileri itme

English - English

Definition of propel in English English dictionary: To cause to move in a certain direction
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.; To make to arrive to a certain situation or result
I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,.; to drive or urge forward; {v} to drive or push forward, to urge; cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"; cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship; {f} push, thrust, drive; move forward; To cause to move, to surge forward; give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"; 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; 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. -propelled combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled. rocket-propelled grenades; To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder
propelling: propellant
propelled: past of propel
propelling: present participle of propel
propelling: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities the seats of propulsive thought"
propels: third-person singular of propel

propel

Hyphenation

pro·pel

Turkish pronunciation

prıpel

Synonyms

drive, push, actuate, force, impel, launch, mobilize, move, press, send, set going, set in motion, shoot, shove, start

Antonyms

stay, halt, stop, rest, hinder, hold, keep

Pronunciation

/prəˈpel/ /prəˈpɛl/

Etymology

[ pr&-'pel ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Historically (late Middle English) meant "expel, drive out". From Latin propellō, from pro- "forward" and pellō (“push, move”).