propagate

verb

1. transmit from one generation to the next

- propagate these characteristics

Definition categories: possession

2. travel through the air

- sound and light propagate in this medium

Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel

3. transmit

- propagate sound or light through air

Definition categories: contact, channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport

4. become distributed or widespread

Similar word(s): spread

Definition categories: contact, move

5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread

- This great civilization was propagated throughout the land

Definition categories: contact, distribute, spread

6. cause to become widely known

Similar word(s): broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, spread

Definition categories: communication, air, bare, publicise, publicize

7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

Definition categories: body, process, treat

8. multiply sexually or asexually

Definition categories: body, multiply, procreate, reproduce