propel
part of speech
verb (propel, propels, propelled, propelling)
meaning for a pupil
1) To push or drive something forward. tree →
2) To send someone into a new situation, or make them do something: propelled to fame. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons forces propel things: engines propel cars, oars propel boats, a jet of air propels a balloon rocket. In stories a character can be propelled by fear or anger. Phrases: jet-propelled, self-propelled, propel forward.
examples
- The engine propels the boat through the water. tree →
- Oars propel a rowing boat. tree →
- Air rushing out of the balloon propelled it across the room. tree →
- Her great voice propelled her to fame. tree →
- Rockets are propelled by burning fuel. tree →
- The wind propelled the yacht faster than we expected. tree →
- He imagines that one can propel things by means of steam." tree →
note
Double l in propelled, propelling. Noun: propeller (spinning blades on a boat or plane), propulsion. Newton's third law: a rocket pushes gas back, the gas pushes the rocket forward.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «propel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.