Look up: launch

1. Launch
   [boat] A launch in contemporary usage refers to a large motorboat. The name originally referred to the largest boat carried by a warship. The etymology of the word is given as Portuguese lancha "barge", from Malay lancha, lancharan, "boat," from lanchar "velocity without effort," "action of ...
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2. launch
   [Verb] To start something. To launch a ship or rocket is to use it for the first time.
   Example: The advertising campaign was launched with the help of David Beckham.
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3. launch
   [n] - a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck 2. [v] - launch for the first time 3. [v] - get going 4. [v] - propel with force 5. [v] - smoothen the surface of 6. [v] - take off or begin
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4. launch
   To move a vessel from a building berth ashore or in a dry dock into water so that it becomes water-borne. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the in-flight separation of a parachute-load system from its carrier vehicle Category: Sports, entertainm...
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5. Launch
   Launch (länch) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Launched (läncht); present participle & verbal noun Launching .] [ Middle English launchen to throw as a lance, Old F...
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6. Launch
   Launch intransitive verb 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 ...
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7. Launch
   Launch noun 1. The act of launching. 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. 3. [ Confer Spanish lancha .] (Nautical) The boat of...
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8. launch
   1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. ... 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. 'Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.' (Spenser) ... 3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. 'With stays and cordage last he rigg...
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9. launch
   noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
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10. launch
    verb propel with force; `launch the space shuttle`; `Launch a ship`
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11. Launch
    • (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. • (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch...
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12. launch
    largest of a ship`s boats, at one time sloop-rigged and often armed, such as those used in the Mediterranean Sea during the 18th and 19th centuries. ...
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13. launch
    
    • a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
    • the act of propelling with force
    
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14. launch
    The initial motion of a space vehicle from its stationary, prelaunch position to dynamic flight. Also, the moment when the vehicle is no longer connected to or supported by the launch pad structure.
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15. launch
    Putting a boat in the water. Or small motor boat used as a tender.
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16. LAUNCH
    [magazine] Album cover of Crust by Sadist ...
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