put a boat in the water; send forth; start; run, activate (Computers); inaugurate; throw; break into, burst into
act of launching; act of setting afloat; act of sending out; act of starting or initiating; commencement, inauguration; large motorboat; large boat carried by a warship
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Launch Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
(v. i.)
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
(v. i.)
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 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.
(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.
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.
(v. i.)
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
(n.)
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
The act of launching.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of launching.
launch
area n : a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched [syn: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, pad]
similar words(2)
launch pad
launch area
Noun
1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
(hypernym) motorboat, powerboat
2. the act of propelling with force
(synonym) launching
(hypernym) propulsion, actuation
(hyponym) rocket firing, rocket launching
Verb
1. set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
(synonym) establish, set up, found
(hypernym) open, open up
2. propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
(hypernym) propel, impel
(hyponym) float
(derivation) launching
3. launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"
(hypernym) set in motion
(derivation) launching
4. begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
(synonym) plunge
(hypernym) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
(verb-group) plunge
5. get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"
(synonym) set in motion
(hypernym) move, displace
6. smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"
(hypernym) smooth, smoothen
Launch Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
the process of introducing a new product or service into the marketplace; also called rollout.
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Provides valuable marketing platform for record labels, artists, advertisers and merchants through leveraging inherent advantages of digital media on the internet and on cd-roms.
Launch Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The act taking off on a mission, and especially the catapulting of aircraft from an aircraft carrier.
Launch Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Launch may refer to:
In boating:
In boating:
- Launch (boat), a large motor boat
- Motor Launch (ML), a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy
- Ship naming and launching, when a ship or boat is dispatched from a slipway, prior to fitting out and commissioning
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Launch Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
The first class boat of a ship-of-war; a long-boat.
The moment a rider starts to execute a jump, and the time he is actually flying through the air
Launch Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
(Nautical) To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.
Launch Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
