launch
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/lɔːnt͡ʃ/
English
Definitions
noun
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
- The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.“book launch”
verb
- To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
- To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.“The navy launched another ship.”
- To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.“NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.”
noun
- The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
- A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
- An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
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Synonyms
lancepierceplungefoundset in motionmountset upestablishjumpstartkick-startshootstart-upcrankingkickoffshootinglift-offtake-offmissile