launch Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
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noun the act of propelling with force
launching.
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verb set up or found
found; establish; set up.
- She set up a literacy program
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verb propel with force
- launch the space shuttle
- Launch a ship
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verb launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- launch a ship
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verb begin with vigor
plunge.
- He launched into a long diatribe
- She plunged into a dangerous adventure
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verb get going; give impetus to
set in motion.
- launch a career
- Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process
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verb smoothen the surface of
- launch plaster
WordNet
Launch intransitive verb
Etymology
OE.Wordforms
Definitions
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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. -
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. Obs.Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. Spenser.
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To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to .launch a shipWith stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. Pope.
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To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; tolaunch a business project or enterprise.All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. Eikon Basilike.
Launch intransitive verb
Definitions
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to ; -- often with out.launch into the current of a stream; tolaunch into an argument or discussion; tolaunch into lavish expendituresLaunch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Luke v. 4.
He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. Prior.
Launch noun
Definitions
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The act of launching. -
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. -
Cf. Sp. lancha .(Naut.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.