LAUNCH
\lˈɔːnt͡ʃ], \lˈɔːntʃ], \l_ˈɔː_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of LAUNCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
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begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
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smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"
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propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
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launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"
By Princeton University
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set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
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take off or begin; "launch into a speech"
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begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
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smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"
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propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
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launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
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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.
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The act of launching.
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The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
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The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
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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.
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The act of launching.
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The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
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The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To move or cause to slide into the water, as a vessel; send forth; hurl; dart.
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To put to sea; plunge; enter on a new career; the sliding of a ship from the ways into the water; the largest boat of a man-of-war; a motor boat, usually used for pleasure.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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