ALL meanings of propagate
prop·a·gate
P p - verb with object propagate to create (an effect) at a distance, as by electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc., traveling through space or a physical medium; transmit: to propagate sound. 1
- verb without object propagate to multiply by any process of natural reproduction, as organisms; breed. 1
- verb without object propagate to increase in extent, as a structural flaw: The crack will propagate only to this joint. 1
- verb without object propagate (of electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc.) to travel through space or a physical medium. 1
- intransitive verb propagate plant: breed, grow 1
- intransitive verb propagate idea: spread 1
- verb with object propagate to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock. 1
- verb with object propagate to reproduce (itself, its kind, etc.), as an organism does. 1
- verb with object propagate to transmit (hereditary features or elements) to, or through, offspring. 1
- verb with object propagate to spread (a report, doctrine, practice, etc.) from person to person; disseminate. 1
- verb with object propagate to cause to increase in number or amount. 1
- verb propagate If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it. 0
- verb propagate If you propagate plants, you grow more of them from the original ones. 0
- verb propagate to reproduce or cause to reproduce; breed 0
- verb propagate to produce (plants) by layering, grafting, cuttings, etc 0
- verb propagate to promulgate; disseminate 0
- verb propagate to move through, cause to move through, or transmit, esp in the form of a wave 0
- verb propagate to transmit (characteristics) from one generation to the next 0
- verb transitive propagate to cause (a plant or animal) to reproduce itself; raise or breed 0
- verb transitive propagate to reproduce (itself); multiply 0
- verb transitive propagate to transmit (hereditary characteristics) by reproduction 0
- verb transitive propagate to spread (ideas, customs, etc.) from one person or place to another 0
- verb transitive propagate to transmit (esp. sound waves or electromagnetic radiation) through a medium 0
- intransitive verb propagate to reproduce or multiply, as plants or animals 0