launch

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: launchingestablishset upfoundplungeset in motion

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
  2. the act of propelling with forceSynonyms: launching

Verb (6)

  1. set up or found“She set up a literacy program”Synonyms: establishset upfound
  2. propel with force“launch the space shuttle”“Launch a ship”
  3. launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage“launch a ship”
  4. begin with vigor“He launched into a long diatribe”“She plunged into a dangerous adventure”Synonyms: plunge
  5. get going; give impetus to“launch a career”“Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process”Synonyms: set in motion
  6. smoothen the surface of“launch plaster”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]
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]

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