propagate

propagate is a 9-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
2. transitive verb. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
3. transitive verb. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion.
4. transitive verb. To multiply; to increase.
5. transitive verb. To generate; to produce.
6. intransitive verb. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
7. verb. multiply sexually or asexually
8. verb. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
9. verb. cause to become widely known

   "spread information"

   "circulate a rumor"

   Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, spread

10. verb. transmit or cause to broaden or spread

    "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"

11. verb. become distributed or widespread

    "the infection spread"

    "Optimism spread among the population"

    Synonyms: spread

12. verb. transmit

    "propagate sound or light through air"

13. verb. travel through the air

    "sound and light propagate in this medium"

14. verb. transmit from one generation to the next

    "propagate these characteristics"

Synonyms

broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, spread

Common word forms

propagated, propagates, propagating

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