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Launch

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Noun

1. launch

a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

2. launch, launching

the act of propelling with force

Verb

3. establish, found, launch, set up

set up or found

Example Sentences:
'She set up a literacy program'

4. launch

propel with force

Example Sentences:
'launch the space shuttle'
'Launch a ship'

5. launch

launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage

Example Sentences:
'launch a ship'

6. launch, plunge

begin with vigor

Example Sentences:
'He launched into a long diatribe'
'She plunged into a dangerous adventure'

7. launch, set in motion

get going; give impetus to

Example Sentences:
'launch a career'
'Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process'

8. launch

smoothen the surface of

Example Sentences:
'launch plaster'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Launch

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verb
1. 
to move (a vessel) into the water
2. 
to move (a newly built vessel) into the water for the first time
3. (transitive)
a. 
to start off or set in motion
to launch a scheme
b. 
to put (a new product) on the market
4. (transitive)
to propel with force
5. 
to involve (oneself) totally and enthusiastically
to launch oneself into work
6. (transitive)
to set (a missile, spacecraft, etc) into motion
7. (transitive)
to catapult (an aircraft), as from the deck of an aircraft carrier
8. (intransitive; foll by into)
to start talking or writing (about)
he launched into a story
9. (intransitive; usually foll by out)
to start (out) on a fresh course
10. (intransitive; usually foll by out) informal
to spend a lot of money
noun
11. 
an act or instance of launching
noun
1. 
a motor driven boat used chiefly as a transport boat
2. 
the largest of the boats of a man-of-war

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Launch

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verb transitive
1. 
to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.)
2. 
to send forth with some force
to launch a plane by catapult
3. 
to cause (a newly built vessel) to slide from the land into the water; set afloat
4. 
to set in operation; start, inaugurate, etc.
to launch an attack, launch a new ad campaign
5. 
to start (a person) on some course or career
verb intransitive
6. 
to put to sea
often with out or forth
7. 
to start on some new course or enterprise
often with out or forth
8. 
to throw oneself (into) with vigor; rush; plunge
to launch into a tirade
noun
9. 
the act or process of launching
adjective
10. 
designating or of vehicles, facilities, sites, etc. used in the launching of spacecraft or missiles
noun
1.  Obsolete
the largest boat carried by a warship
2. 
an open, or partly enclosed, motorboat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Launch

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v. launched, launch·ing, launch·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To throw or propel with force; hurl: launch a spear.
b. To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: launch a rocket; launch a torpedo.
2. Nautical To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.
3. To set going; initiate: launch a career; launch a business venture. See Synonyms at begin.
4. To introduce to the public or to a market: launched the new perfume with prime-time commercials on the major networks.
5. To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.
v.intr.
1. To begin a new venture or phase; embark: launch forth on a dangerous mission; launched out on her own after college.
2. To enter enthusiastically into something; plunge: launched into a description of the movie.
n.
The act of launching.
n.
1. A large ship's boat.
2. A large, open motorboat.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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