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Meaning of 'launch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Launch [ n.]
- The act of launching.
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
- 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.
2 . Launch [ v. i.]
- To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
- To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
- To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'launch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . launch [ v]
Meaning (1):
- begin with vigor
Example in sentence:
  • He launched into a long diatribe;
  • She plunged into a dangerous adventure
Meaning (2):
- get going; give impetus to
Example in sentence:
  • Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process;
  • launch a career
Meaning (3):
- launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
Example in sentence:
  • launch a ship
Meaning (4):
- propel with force
Example in sentence:
  • Launch a ship;
  • launch the space shuttle
Meaning (5):
- smoothen the surface of
Example in sentence:
  • launch plaster
Meaning (6):
- set up or found
Example in sentence:
  • She set up a literacy program

Nearby Words:

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