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Launch

Launch Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Launch?
[n] the act of propelling with force
[n] a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck [v] take off or begin; "launch into a speech" [v] begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" [v] smoothen the surface of; "float plaster" [v] propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship" [v] get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" [v] launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship" [v] put up [v] set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" Synonyms | Synonyms for Launch: establish | found | launching | mount | plunge | set in motion | set up Related Terms | Find terms related to Launch: advance | altitude peak | automatic control | begin | blast off | blast-off | boat | bowl | bring before | bring forward | bring up | broach | bundle | bundle off | bung | burn | burnout | cabin cruiser | cast | catapult | ceiling | christen | chuck | chunk | commence | commend to attention | cruiser | dart | dash | descent | dinghy | discharge | dispatch | embark | embark on | embark upon | end of burning | establish | fire | flight | fling | flip | float | fork | found | get | get going | gig | give a start | heave | hurl | hurtle | ignition | impact | inaugurate | inauguration | induct | initiate | initiation | install | institute | introduce | jerk | kick off | lance | lay before | let fly | lift up | lift-off | lob | make a motion | moot | motor launch | motorboat | move | offer a resolution | open | open up | opening | organize | originate | pass | peg | pelt | pitch | pitchfork | pose | postulate | power cruiser | powerboat | prefer | project | propose | proposition | propound | put | put forth | put forward | put in motion | put it to | put the shot | raise | recommend | ring in | rocket launching | runabout | sedan cruiser | send | send forth | send off | serve | set afloat | set agoing | set before | set forth | set going | set in motion | set on foot | set up | shoot | shot | shy | skiff | sling | snap | speedboat | start | start going | start off | start up | steam launch | submit | suggest | tender | throw | tilt | toss | trajectory | turn on | usher in | velocity peak See Also | actuation | begin | blast off | commence | displace | float | get | impel | initiate | launch | motorboat | move | open | open up | pioneer | powerboat | propel | propulsion | rocket firing | rocket launching | set about | set out | smooth | smoothen | start | start out Launch In Webster's Dictionary \Launch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Launched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Launching}.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF.
lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance
lance. See {Lance}.] [Written also {lanch}.]
1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
--Spenser.
3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And
rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. --Pope.
4. 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; to launch a business project or
enterprise.
All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
presbytery in England. --Eikon
Basilike.
\Launch\, v. i. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out. Launch 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\, n. 1. The act of launching. 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. 3. [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. {Launching ways}. (Naut.) See {Way}, n. (Naut.). |
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