impel
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to move forward with force
Steam propels this ship
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- actuation derivation
- impulsion derivation
- impeller derivation
- propeller derivation
- propellant derivation
- propellant derivation
- impellent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | force |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | driving |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impeller |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | propeller |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | propellant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | propellant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impellent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rocket |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pole |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | throw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | launch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | catapult |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | send off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | loft |