| Main Entry: | propulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
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drive, effort, energy, full head of steam, horsepower, impulse, momentum, muscle, power, pressure, punch, push, speed, steam, strength, stress, tension, thrust, velocity |
| Concept: | [Motion given to an object situated in front] Propulsion. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-nouns
propulsion, projection; propelment; vis a tergo; push, shove (impulse); ejaculate; ejection; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy., [Science of propulsion] projectiles, ballistics, archery., [Devices to give propulsion] propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine., [Objects propelled] missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot., [Weapons which propel] arrow, gun, ballista (arms) [more]., shooter; shot; archer, toxophilite; bowman, rifleman, marksman; good shot, crack shot; sharpshooter (combatant).
-verbs
propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip., dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate; fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork., send; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, send forth, let fly; dash., put in motion, set in motion; set agoing, start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel; trundle (set in rotation); expel., carry one off one's legs; put to flight.
-adjectives
propelled; propelling; propulsive, projectile.
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| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a throw to the side |
Synonyms: |
casting, ejection, expulsion, fling, flinging, heave, heaving, hurl, hurling, launching, lob, lobbing, pitch, pitching, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, slinging, thrust, thrusting, toss, tossing |
Antonyms: |
catch, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | impulse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throb, stimulus |
Synonyms: |
augmentation, beat, bump, catalyst, drive, force, impetus, impulsion, lash, momentum, movement, pressure, propulsion, pulsation, pulse, push, rush, shock, shove, stroke, surge, thrust, vibration |
| Main Entry: | momentum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impetus, push |
Synonyms: |
drive, energy, force, impulse, power, propulsion, strength, thrust |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
Synonyms: |
advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| Main Entry: | push |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical force |
Synonyms: |
advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exerting, exertion, forcing, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, shoving, straining, thrust, thrusting, weight |
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pull |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward movement |
Synonyms: |
advance, blitz, boost, drive, impetus, impulsion, jump, lunge, momentum, onset, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, stab, whack, wham |
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pull |
| Main Entry: | motive power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving power |
Synonyms: |
driving force, electromotive force, kinetic energy, locomotion, means of propulsion, motivity, prime mover, propulsion |
| Concept: | Impulse. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt. improvisatore; creature of impulse.
-verbs
flash on the mind., say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize.
-adjectives
extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate; snap; improvised, improvisate, improvisatory; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; spontaneous (voluntary); instinctive.
-adverbs
extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste; improviso; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion.
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