propagates
Spreads to others
Propagates means spreads or transmits something outward.
Plants propagate by producing seeds or cuttings that grow into new plants.
Ideas, rumors, and diseases propagate through populations.
In physics, waves propagate through a medium: Sound propagates faster through water than air.
The word suggests multiplication and extension from a source—whether biological reproduction, information spreading, or physical phenomena moving through space.
Distributes information broadly
- transmitsSends from one point
- broadcastsTransmissions for public reception
- circulatesMoves in a loop
- diffusesSpreads in all directions
disperses · proliferates · radiates · permeates · extends · communicates · promulgates · conveys
Seed's initial growth phase
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
sowing · offspring · progeny · spawning · cloning · grafting · cuttings · multiplication
disseminates
Distributes information broadly
- transmitsSends from one point
- broadcastsTransmissions for public reception
- circulatesMoves in a loop
diffuses · disperses · proliferates · radiates · permeates · extends · communicates · promulgates · conveys · distributes
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
seeds · sowing · offspring · progeny · spawning · cloning · grafting · cuttings · multiplication · division
propagatescontains
Holds within itself
isolates · confines · quarantines · restricts · halts
propagatesextinguishes
Causes to stop burning
eradicates · eliminates · exterminates · sterilizes · kills
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