propel
121impel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. drive, push, urge; force, constrain; incite, compel, induce. See impulse, motion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To urge or force] Syn. induce, instigate, animate, compel; see drive 1 , force 1 , motivate …
122motivate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. induce, move; draw on, give an impulse to, inspire, prompt, stimulate, inspirit, [a]rouse, animate, incite, provoke, instigate, influence, bias, sway; tempt, seduce; bribe, suborn; enforce, impel,… …
123project — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plan, purpose, enterprise; endeavor. v. protrude, bulge, jut; throw, hurl, pitch; devise, plan, scheme, intend. See convexity, propulsion, undertaking. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. outline, design, scheme; …
124shoot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rush, dart; sprout, burgeon, grow; fire, discharge; detonate, explode; kill, wound, hit; propel, drive, emit. See velocity, propulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To discharge] Syn. fire, shoot off, expel …
125shove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. push, hustle; urge, thrust, force; crowd, cram, wedge; shoulder, jostle, jog, jar, elbow, nudge. See impulse. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jostle, push, push out of one s way, shoulder, jostle, elbow. III… …
126throw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pitch, toss, cast, fling, hurl, sling; propel, project, unhorse, unseat; slang, stop, disconcert, confound. See propulsion. throw away or out throw up II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hurl] Syn. fling, butt …
127propulsion — 1610s, expulsion, noun of action formed from pp. stem of L. propellere to propel (see PROPEL (Cf. propel)). Meaning act of driving forward first attested 1799 …
128push — vb Push, shove, thrust, propel mean to use force upon a thing so as to make it move ahead or aside. Push implies the application of force by a body (as a person) already in contact with the body to be moved onward, aside, or out of the way {push… …
