Past tense of propel
regular verb
The past tense of propel is propelled. The past participle is also propelled.
Forms of propel
| Base form (V1) | propel /pɹəˈpɛl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | propelled |
| Past participle (V3) | propelled |
| Present participle | propelling |
| Third person singular | propels |
Propelled in a sentence
- This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine.1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836
- As I opened the champagne bottle, the cork was propelled roofward.From the entry roofward
- They have been recently propelled out of cultdom and into wider acclaim by a confluence of zeitgeists.2015 July 12, Kitty Empire, “King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard review – weird warriors wig out”, in Observer. From the entry cultdom
- It came in between my legs as I propelled kickingly my body backwards looking at them.2007, Dwight S. Huggins, A Spacefarer's Journal: A Human's Dream Encounters with Extra-Humans. From the entry kickingly
- She became legendary for the geas that propelled her to prophesy dreadful happenings.2000, Ly De Angeles, Witchcraft: Theory and Practice, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 176. From the entry geas
Meaning of propel
- verb To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
- verb To provide an impetus for nonphysical change; to cause to arrive to a certain situation or result.
Questions about the past tense of propel
- What is the past tense of propel?
- The past tense of propel is propelled.
- What is the past participle of propel?
- The past participle of propel is propelled.
- Is propel a regular or irregular verb?
- Propel is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: propel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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