Definition of launch

noun (n)

• a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of propelling with force (noun.act)

  Synonym: launching
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of launching. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• set up or found (verb.social)

  Synonym: establish, found, set up
  Antonym: abolish, get rid of
  

  source: wordnet30
• propel with force (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Launch the space shuttle.
  Launch a ship.
  

  source: wordnet30
• launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Launch a ship.
  

  source: wordnet30
• begin with vigor (verb.change)

  Synonym: plunge
  

  Example:
  He launched into a long diatribe.
  

  source: wordnet30
• get going; give impetus to (verb.contact)

  Synonym: set in motion
  

  Example:
  Launch a career.
  

  source: wordnet30
• smoothen the surface of (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Launch plaster.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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