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launch
(l/O/n/tS/ )

noun (n)

  • a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of propelling with force(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    launching
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of launching.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • set up or found(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    establish, found, set up
    Antonym:
    abolish, get rid of
    source: wordnet30
  • propel with force(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Launch the space shuttle.
    Launch a ship.
    source: wordnet30
  • launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Launch a ship.
    source: wordnet30
  • begin with vigor(verb.change)
    Example:
    He launched into a long diatribe.
    Synonym:
    plunge
    source: wordnet30
  • get going; give impetus to(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Launch a career.
    Synonym:
    set in motion
    source: wordnet30
  • smoothen the surface of(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Launch plaster.
    source: wordnet30
  • To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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