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launch

UK /lɔːnt͡ʃ/US /lɒnt͡ʃ/

verb10

  1. To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
  2. to start a new project or plan and get it going
  3. To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
  4. Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
  5. To release; to put onto the market for sale
  6. To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
  7. To start to operate.
  8. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
  9. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
  10. (no longer used) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

noun6

  1. 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.)
  2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
  3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
  4. 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".
  5. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
  6. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
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launched · launcht · launching · launches · launcheth · launchest

Phrases with launch

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