(v) propel a plank on mud bank, Syn. ไสกระดาน, Example:ชาวบ้านถีบกระดานออกไปเก็บหอยบริเวณชายเลน, Thai Definition:นั่งบนกระดาน แล้วเอาเท้าถีบเลนให้กระดานแล่นไป
(adj) tending to or capable of propelling, Syn. propulsive, propellent, propelling, Example:propellant fuel for submarines; the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency; universities...the seats of propulsive thought
(n) an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges, Syn. impulse explosive
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Propelled p. pr. & vb. n. Propelling. ] [ L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating. ] To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]
1. One who, or that which, propels. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Propeller wheel, the screw, usually having two or more blades, used in propelling a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
[doraibu] (n) (1) drive; trip by car; driving; (vs, vi) (2) to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; (vs, vt) (3) to drive (e.g. a car); (4) to drive (innovation, change, etc.); to propel; (P)#4073