| launch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. launch | a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck. |
| ~ motorboat, powerboat | a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine. |
| n. (act) | 2. launch, launching | the act of propelling with force. |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| ~ rocket firing, rocket launching | the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power. |
| v. (social) | 3. establish, found, launch, set up | set up or found.; "She set up a literacy program" |
| ~ open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning.; "open a business" |
| v. (contact) | 4. launch | propel with force.; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship" |
| ~ propel, impel | cause to move forward with force.; "Steam propels this ship" |
| ~ float | put into the water.; "float a ship" |
| ~ blast off | launch with great force.; "the rockets were blasted off" |
| v. (contact) | 5. launch | launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage.; "launch a ship" |
| ~ set in motion, launch | get going; give impetus to.; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" |
| v. (change) | 6. launch, plunge | begin with vigor.; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
| ~ plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity.; "She plunged at it eagerly" |
| v. (contact) | 7. launch, set in motion | get going; give impetus to.; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" |
| ~ launch | launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage.; "launch a ship" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 8. launch | smoothen the surface of.; "launch plaster" |
| ~ smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood" |
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