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Adjective propelling has 1 sense
- propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive - 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"
Antonyms: undynamic, adynamic (indirect, via dynamic)
Verb propel has 2 senses
- propel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
--2 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:
They propel him to write the letter
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