'Launch' definitions:
Definition of 'launch'
(from WordNet)
noun
A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
noun
The act of propelling with force [syn: launching, launch]
verb
Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish, get rid of]
verb
Propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
verb
Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"
verb
Begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: plunge, launch]
verb
Get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: launch, set in motion]
verb
Smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"
Definition of 'Launch'
From: GCIDE
- Launch \Launch\ (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Launched (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. [1913 Webster]
- With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Launch'
From: GCIDE
- Launch \Launch\, n.
- 1. The act of launching. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Launching ways. (Naut.) See Way, n. (Naut.). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Launch'
From: GCIDE
- Launch \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. [1913 Webster]
- Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. --Luke v. 4. [1913 Webster]
- He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'launch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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