English > impel: 2 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | Cause to move forward with force. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonym | propel |
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| Narrower | carry | propel or give impetus to |
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| catapult | Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult |
| drive | Push, propel, or press with force |
| flip | Move with a flick or light motion |
| hit | Cause to move by striking |
| kick | Drive or propel with the foot |
| launch | propel with force |
| loft | propel through the air |
| project, send off | Throw, send, or cast forward |
| punt, pole | propel with a pole |
| rocket | propel with a rocket |
| throw | Propel through the air |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | impeler, impulsar, propulsar |
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| Catalan | impel·lir, impulsar, propulsar |
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| Adjectives | impellent | forcing forward or onward |
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| Nouns | impeller | the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine) |
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| impulsion | the act of applying force suddenly |
