propagate

Verb
  1. Transmit from one generation to the next (synset 202235229)
    "propagate these characteristics"
    is a type of: pass on - give to or transfer possession of
  2. Travel through the air (synset 202089820)
    "sound and light propagate in this medium"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    verb group: propagate - transmit
  3. Transmit (synset 201438772)
    "propagate sound or light through air"
    is a type of: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport - send from one person or place to another
    verb group: propagate - travel through the air
  4. Become distributed or widespread (synset 201382787)
    "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
    is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    subtypes: catch - spread or be communicated
    same as: spread
  5. Transmit or cause to broaden or spread (synset 201381921)
    "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
    is a type of: distribute, spread - distribute or disperse widely
  6. Cause to become widely known (synset 200970243)
    "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
    causes: circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on
    is a type of: air, bare, publicise, publicize - make public
    subtypes:
    • podcast - distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
    • sow - introduce into an environment
    • generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
    • carry, run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize
    same as: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread
    verb group: circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on
  7. Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering (synset 200055613)
    causes: propagate - multiply sexually or asexually
    referred to in: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    is a type of: process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
    subtypes: inoculate - insert a bud for propagation
  8. Multiply sexually or asexually (synset 200055281)
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    is a type of: multiply, procreate, reproduce - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
    subtypes: vegetate - propagate asexually

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