launch

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

2. 2intransitive verb

   To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

3. 3intransitive verb

   To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

4. 4intransitive verb

   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.

5. 5intransitive verb

   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.

6. 6noun

   The act of launching.

7. 7noun

   The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.

8. 8noun

   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.

9. 9noun

   the act of propelling with force

   Synonyms

   launching
10. 10noun

    a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

11. 11verb

    begin with vigor

    "He launched into a long diatribe"

    "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

    Synonyms

    plunge
12. 12verb

    smoothen the surface of

    "launch plaster"

13. 13verb

    propel with force

    "launch the space shuttle"

    "Launch a ship"

14. 14verb

    get going; give impetus to

    "launch a career"

    "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

15. 15verb

    launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage

    "launch a ship"

16. 16verb

    set up or found

    "She set up a literacy program"

    Synonyms

    establishfound