| propagate | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. propagate | transmit from one generation to the next.; "propagate these characteristics" |
| ~ pass on | give to or transfer possession of.; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law" |
| v. (motion) | 2. propagate | travel through the air.; "sound and light propagate in this medium" |
| ~ propagate | transmit.; "propagate sound or light through air" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (contact) | 3. propagate | transmit.; "propagate sound or light through air" |
| ~ channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ propagate | travel through the air.; "sound and light propagate in this medium" |
| v. (contact) | 4. propagate, spread | become distributed or widespread.; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population" |
| ~ catch | spread or be communicated.; "The fashion did not catch" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 5. propagate | transmit or cause to broaden or spread.; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land" |
| ~ spread, distribute | distribute or disperse widely.; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" |
| v. (communication) | 6. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ publicize, bare, publicise, air | make public.; "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
| ~ podcast | distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer. |
| ~ sow | introduce into an environment.; "sow suspicion or beliefs" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" |
| ~ carry, run | include as the content; broadcast or publicize.; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" |
| v. (body) | 7. propagate | cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering. |
| ~ plant life, flora, plant | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. |
| ~ propagate | multiply sexually or asexually. |
| ~ inoculate | insert a bud for propagation. |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| v. (body) | 8. propagate | multiply sexually or asexually. |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ procreate, reproduce, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.; "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
| ~ vegetate | propagate asexually.; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" |
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