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Definition of propel
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of propel is as below...
Propel
(v. t.) 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..
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Well
::
Well (v. i.) A
vertical
passage
in the stern into which an
auxiliary
screw
propeller
may be drawn up out of
water.
Gun
::
Gun (n.) A
weapon
which
throws
or
propels
a
missile
to a
distance;
any
firearm
or
instrument
for
throwing
projectiles
by the
explosion
of
gunpowder,
consisting
of a tube or
barrel
closed
at one end, in which the
projectile
is
placed,
with an
explosive
charge
behind,
which is
ignited
by
various
means.
Muskets,
rifles,
carbines,
and
fowling
pieces
are
smaller
guns, for hand use, and are
called
small arms.
Larger
guns are
called
cannon,
ordnance,
fieldpieces,
carronades,
howitzers,
etc. See these t
Scull
::
Scull (n.) A
single
oar used at the stern in
propelling
a boat.
Pro-
::
Pro- () A
prefix
signifying
before,
in
front,
forth,
for, in
behalf
of, in place of,
according
to; as,
propose,
to place
before;
proceed,
to go
before
or
forward;
project,
to throw
forward;
prologue,
part
spoken
before
(the main
piece);
propel,
prognathous;
provide,
to look out for;
pronoun,
a word
instead
of a noun;
proconsul,
a
person
acting
in place of a
consul;
proportion,
arrangement
according
to
parts..
Velocipede
::
Velocipede
(n.) A light road
carriage
propelled
by the feet of the
rider.
Originally
it was
propelled
by
striking
the tips of the toes on the
roadway,
but
commonly
now by the
action
of the feet on a pedal or
pedals
connected
with the axle of one or more of the
wheels,
and
causing
their
revolution.
They are made in many
forms,
with two,
three,
or four
wheels.
See
Bicycle,
and
Tricycle..
Bicycle
::
Bicycle
(n.) A light
vehicle
having
two
wheels
one
behind
the
other.
It has a
saddle
seat and is
propelled
by the
rider's
feet
acting
on
cranks
or
levers.
Pinnace
::
Pinnace
(n.) A small
vessel
propelled
by sails or oars,
formerly
employed
as a
tender,
or for coast
defence;
--
called
originally,
spynace
or
spyne..
Pitch
::
Pitch (n.) The
length,
measured
along the axis, of a
complete
turn of the
thread
of a
screw,
or of the
helical
lines of the
blades
of a screw
propeller..
Propelled
::
Propelled
(imp. & p. p.) of
Prope.
Curling
::
Curling
(n.) A
scottish
game in which heavy
weights
of stone or iron are
propelled
by hand over the ice
towards
a mark.
Perambulator
::
Perambulator
(n.) A low
carriage
for a
child,
propelled
by
pushing..
Heelpost
::
Heelpost
(n.) The post
supporting
the outer end of a
propeller
shaft.
Screw
::
Screw (n.)
Anything
shaped
or
acting
like a
screw;
esp., a form of wheel for
propelling
steam
vessels.
It is
placed
at the
stern,
and
furnished
with
blades
having
helicoidal
surfaces
to act
against
the water in the
manner
of a
screw.
See Screw
propeller,
below..
Vane
::
Vane (n.) Any flat,
extended
surface
attached
to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a
windmill;
hence,
a
similar
fixture
of any form moved in or by
water,
air, or other
fluid;
as, the vane of a screw
propeller,
a fan
blower,
an
anemometer,
etc..
Run
::
Run (a.)
Specifically,
of a
horse:
To move
rapidly
in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a
propeller
and a
supporter,
and in which for an
instant
all the limbs are
gathered
in the air under the
body..
Frigate
::
Frigate
(n.)
Originally,
a
vessel
of the
Mediterranean
propelled
by sails and by oars. The
French,
about 1650,
transferred
the name to
larger
vessels,
and by 1750 it had been
appropriated
for a class of war
vessels
intermediate
between
corvettes
and ships of the line.
Frigates,
from about 1750 to 1850, had one full
battery
deck and,
often,
a spar deck with a
lighter
battery.
They
carried
sometimes
as many as fifty guns. After the
application
of steam to
navigation
steam
frigates
of
largely
incre
Paddle
::
Paddle
(v. i.) An
implement
with a broad
blade,
which is used
without
a fixed
fulcrum
in
propelling
and
steering
canoes
and
boats..
Galley
::
Galley
(n.) A name given by
analogy
to the
Greek,
Roman,
and other
ancient
vessels
propelled
by
oars..
Archimedean
::
Archimedean
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Archimedes,
a
celebrated
Greek
philosopher;
constructed
on the
principle
of
Archimedes'
screw;
as,
Archimedean
drill,
propeller,
etc..
Poling
::
Poling
(n.) The act of
supporting
or of
propelling
by means of a pole or
poles;
as, the
poling
of
beans;
the
poling
of a
boat..
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