| NOUN | act | actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling |
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| Meaning | The act of propelling. | |
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| Synonym | propulsion | |
| Narrower | dribble, dribbling | The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks |
| drive, thrust, driving force | The act of applying force to propel something | |
| expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out | The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | |
| jump, jumping | The act of jumping | |
| launching, launch | The act of propelling with force | |
| launching | The act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time | |
| lift, raise, heave | The act of raising something | |
| lob | The act of propelling something (as a ball / ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | |
| pull, pulling | The act of pulling | |
| push, pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away | |
| roll, bowl | The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) | |
| shooting, shot | The act of firing a projectile | |
| throw | The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) | |
| wheeling, rolling | propelling something on wheels | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Spanish | propulsión | |
| Catalan | propulsió | |
| Verbs | actuate | put in motion or move to act |
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