English > propulsion: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of propelling. |
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| Synonym | actuation |
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| Narrower | dribble, dribbling | The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | propulsión |
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| Catalan | propulsió |
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| Verbs | propel | cause to move forward with force |
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| propel | give an incentive for action / action |
