propel
verb
[ prəˈpɛl ]
• drive or push something forwards.
• "the boat is propelled by using a very long paddle"
Similar:
push/move forwards,
move,
set in motion,
get moving,
drive,
throw,
thrust,
toss,
fling,
hurl,
lob,
let fly,
launch,
pitch,
project,
send,
shoot,
chuck,
sling,
bung,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘expel, drive out’): from Latin propellere, from pro- ‘forward’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
