| VERB | possession | propagate | transmit from one generation to the next |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | propagate | travel through the air | |
| contact | propagate | transmit | |
| contact | propagate, spread | become distributed or widespread | |
| contact | propagate | transmit or cause to broaden or spread | |
| communication | propagate, circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | cause to become widely known | |
| body | propagate | cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering | |
| body | propagate | multiply sexually or asexually |
| Sounds | praa'pahgey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | transmit from one generation to the next. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "propagate these characteristics" | |
| Broader | pass on | Give to or transfer possession of |
| Spanish | propagarse, propagar, reproducirse, reproducir | |
| Catalan | escampar-se, propagar-se | |
| Nouns | propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
| Meaning | Travel through the air. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "sound and light propagate in this medium" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | propagate | transmit |
| Spanish | propagarse | |
| Catalan | propagar-se | |
| Nouns | propagation | the movement of a wave through a medium |
| Meaning | transmit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "propagate sound or light through air" | |
| Broader | transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise | Send from one person or place to another |
| Similar to | propagate | Travel through the air |
| Spanish | propagarse, propagar | |
| Catalan | escampar-se, propagar-se | |
| Nouns | propagation | the movement of a wave through a medium |
| Meaning | Become distributed or widespread. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | spread | |
| Narrower | catch | Spread or be communicated |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | difundirse, difundir, propagarse, propagar | |
| Catalan | propagar | |
| Meaning | transmit or cause to broaden or spread. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land" | |
| Broader | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
| Spanish | propagarse | |
| Catalan | propagar-se, propagar | |
| Nouns | propagation | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
| Meaning | Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Cause to | propagate | Multiply sexually or asexually |
| Narrower | inoculate | insert a bud for propagation |
| Broader | process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
| Spanish | propagar | |
| Catalan | escampar, propagar | |
| Adjectives | propagative | characterized by propagation / propagation or relating to propagation / propagation |
| Nouns | propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
| propagator | someone who propagates plants (as under glass) | |
| Meaning | Multiply sexually or asexually. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Caused by | propagate | Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering |
| Narrower | vegetate | propagate asexually |
| Broader | reproduce, procreate, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| Spanish | propagarse, propagar | |
| Catalan | escampar, propagar | |
| Adjectives | propagative | characterized by propagation / propagation or relating to propagation / propagation |
| Nouns | propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
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