Propel
verb
To push or move something in a particular direction, especially forward.
The wind propelled the leaves across the street.
Often appears as...
- propel forward
- propel into action
verb
To cause to act or happen, or move to a higher position or condition.
His exceptional skills propelled him to a top position in the company.
Often appears as...
- propel to success
- propel to stardom
verb
To push or move something in a particular direction, especially forward.
The wind propelled the leaves across the street.
Often appears as...
- propel forward
- propel into action
verb
To cause to act or happen, or move to a higher position or condition.
His exceptional skills propelled him to a top position in the company.
Often appears as...
- propel to success
- propel to stardom
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Used when describing physical objects being moved, especially by external forces.
The strong currents propelled the boat away from the shore.
Pro Tip 2/3Imparting Energy
Talks about energy transferred to something else, giving it momentum or acceleration.
He used a paddle to propel the raft down the river.
Pro Tip 3/3Directional Context
Usually involves movement in a specific direction, implies purposeful action.
The player propelled the ball towards the goalpost.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Used when describing physical objects being moved, especially by external forces.
The strong currents propelled the boat away from the shore.
Pro Tip 2/3Imparting Energy
Talks about energy transferred to something else, giving it momentum or acceleration.
He used a paddle to propel the raft down the river.
Pro Tip 3/3Directional Context
Usually involves movement in a specific direction, implies purposeful action.
The player propelled the ball towards the goalpost.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Used when describing physical objects being moved, especially by external forces.
The strong currents propelled the boat away from the shore.
Pro Tip 2/3Imparting Energy
Talks about energy transferred to something else, giving it momentum or acceleration.
He used a paddle to propel the raft down the river.
Pro Tip 3/3Directional Context
Usually involves movement in a specific direction, implies purposeful action.
The player propelled the ball towards the goalpost.
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Nationalism vs....
because I think everyone can agree that the start point of a lot of the anger that's propelled us to where we are is because of the legitimate concerns about job loss. Work is gone, a traditional way of life has gone, and it's no wonder that people are furious about that.
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The deadly irony of...
created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel fireworks into the sky?
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Great White Sharks of...
And she seemed in desperate need of a good meal. A damaged caudal often puts a shark's life in danger. It's crucial for propelling a shark through water. APRYL Lucy's its tail deformity could be from fighting with another shark when she was younger.
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Smash fear, learn...
and then propelling himself by streamlining -- very important. Incorrect, above, which is what almost every swimming coach will teach you. Not their fault, honestly. And I'll get to implicit versus explicit in a moment. Below is what most swimmers
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Tigers 101 PIPE National...
tigers have webbed toes often living near bodies of water tigers have adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle they appear to enjoy being in the water unlike most cats and are excellent swimmers using their powerful muscles to propel their bodies
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Oxygen’s surprisingly...
If we laid this system out end to end in a straight line, the vessels would wrap around the Earth several times. Propelling red blood cells through this extensive network requires a pretty powerful pump, and that's where your heart comes in.
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The microbial jungles...
swimming through their liquid environment. The cells use rotating flagella to propel towards the surface of the rock, which they attach to with the help of sticky appendages. Then, they start producing an extracellular matrix
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Africa's Deadliest...
automatically their bodies raise themselves up so they can breathing they don't even have to come to land pretty cool hippos have dense bones meaning they can't float instead they propel themselves around on surfaces beneath
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
people innovations in mathematics and written language in particular propelled their civilization to success math specifically measurement mathematics helped egyptians understand and harness their world with numbers
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Helping African farmers...
now alex is a a guy who likes doing difficult a walk in easy way and in most productive way and this propels Alex to do several machine designs to help him do his work like you can see on the screen
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Nationalism vs....
because I think everyone can agree that the start point of a lot of the anger that's propelled us to where we are is because of the legitimate concerns about job loss. Work is gone, a traditional way of life has gone, and it's no wonder that people are furious about that.
Video examples
The deadly irony of...
created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel fireworks into the sky?
Video examples
Great White Sharks of...
And she seemed in desperate need of a good meal. A damaged caudal often puts a shark's life in danger. It's crucial for propelling a shark through water. APRYL Lucy's its tail deformity could be from fighting with another shark when she was younger.
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
and then propelling himself by streamlining -- very important. Incorrect, above, which is what almost every swimming coach will teach you. Not their fault, honestly. And I'll get to implicit versus explicit in a moment. Below is what most swimmers
Video examples
Tigers 101 PIPE National...
tigers have webbed toes often living near bodies of water tigers have adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle they appear to enjoy being in the water unlike most cats and are excellent swimmers using their powerful muscles to propel their bodies
Video examples
Oxygen’s surprisingly...
If we laid this system out end to end in a straight line, the vessels would wrap around the Earth several times. Propelling red blood cells through this extensive network requires a pretty powerful pump, and that's where your heart comes in.
Video examples
The microbial jungles...
swimming through their liquid environment. The cells use rotating flagella to propel towards the surface of the rock, which they attach to with the help of sticky appendages. Then, they start producing an extracellular matrix
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Africa's Deadliest...
automatically their bodies raise themselves up so they can breathing they don't even have to come to land pretty cool hippos have dense bones meaning they can't float instead they propel themselves around on surfaces beneath
Video examples
Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
people innovations in mathematics and written language in particular propelled their civilization to success math specifically measurement mathematics helped egyptians understand and harness their world with numbers
Video examples
Helping African farmers...
now alex is a a guy who likes doing difficult a walk in easy way and in most productive way and this propels Alex to do several machine designs to help him do his work like you can see on the screen
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are now. Facebook is next step of creating a huge human brain to embrace hundreds of million, possibly billions of people.
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Kiesza
Canadian Musician
I wear crop tops and stuff, but I genuinely like that style, so it's just has to be genuine. Once you start getting to that world where you're using sexuality to try to propel something, you're losing the moment. You've lost; people are not focusing on that anymore.
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Salvador Dali
Spanish Artist
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent.
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Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.
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Ranbir Kapoor
Indian Actor
What really matters is your movies and how good a person you are. Otherwise, tabloids and news channels writing about you only builds your curiosity and stardom and propels you to reach wider places.
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Oksana Masters
American Athlete
When I ski, I take both of my legs off and get into a sit ski: a ski with a custom seat that has been molded for me. I use my core and arms to propel myself on snow with help from ski poles.
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Noel Edmonds
English Producer
You have to have a big ego in this world to propel yourself in front of the cameras, to sit behind the microphone, to believe that you can entertain millions of people.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are now. Facebook is next step of creating a huge human brain to embrace hundreds of million, possibly billions of people.
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Kiesza
Canadian Musician
I wear crop tops and stuff, but I genuinely like that style, so it's just has to be genuine. Once you start getting to that world where you're using sexuality to try to propel something, you're losing the moment. You've lost; people are not focusing on that anymore.
Quote examples
Salvador Dali
Spanish Artist
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
Quote examples
Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent.
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Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.
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Ranbir Kapoor
Indian Actor
What really matters is your movies and how good a person you are. Otherwise, tabloids and news channels writing about you only builds your curiosity and stardom and propels you to reach wider places.
Quote examples
Oksana Masters
American Athlete
When I ski, I take both of my legs off and get into a sit ski: a ski with a custom seat that has been molded for me. I use my core and arms to propel myself on snow with help from ski poles.
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Noel Edmonds
English Producer
You have to have a big ego in this world to propel yourself in front of the cameras, to sit behind the microphone, to believe that you can entertain millions of people.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.
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