Usually means: Drives or pushes something forward.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. propels: Merriam-Webster
  2. propels: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. propels: Collins English Dictionary
  4. propels: Vocabulary.com
  5. Propels, propels: Wordnik
  6. propels: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. propels: Wiktionary
  8. propels: Dictionary.com
  9. propels: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. propels: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. propels: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (propel)

verb:  (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To provide an impetus for nonphysical change; to cause to arrive to a certain situation or result.
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