v. i. | 1. | To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. | |||
2. | To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. | ||||
3. | To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; | ||||
4. | To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; | ||||
1. | To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; | ||||
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. | (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.
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2. | launch - the act of propelling with force Synonyms: launching | |
Verb | 1. | launch - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" |
2. | launch - propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship" | |
3. | launch - launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship" | |
4. | launch - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" Synonyms: plunge | |
5. | launch - get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" Synonyms: set in motion | |
6. | launch - smoothen the surface of; "float plaster" |