Definitions for launch
lɔntʃ, lɑntʃlaunch

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. launch(noun)

   a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

2. launching, launch(verb)

   the act of propelling with force

3. establish, set up, found, launch(verb)

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

4. launch(verb)

   propel with force

   "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"

5. launch(verb)

   launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage

   "launch a ship"

6. plunge, launch(verb)

   begin with vigor

   "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

7. launch, set in motion(verb)

   get going; give impetus to

   "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

8. launch(verb)

   smoothen the surface of

   "launch plaster"

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Launch(verb)

   to throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

2. Launch(verb)

   to strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

3. Launch(verb)

   to cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

4. Launch(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

5. Launch(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 into lavish expenditures; -- often with out

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

6. Launch(noun)

   the act of launching

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

7. Launch(noun)

   the movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

8. Launch(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Launch

   A launch is a large motorboat. Originally it was the largest boat carried by a warship. The word comes from the Portuguese lancha "barge", from Malay lancha, lancharan, "boat," from lanchar "velocity without effort," "action of gliding smoothly". In the 1700s a launch was used to set the large anchors on a ship. They had a square transom and were about 24 feet long. In 1788 Captain Bligh was set adrift in the "Bounty’s Launch".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Launch

   Lanch, länsh, v.t. to throw as a lance or spear: (Shak.) to pierce or cut with a lance: to send forth: to cause to slide into the water.—v.i. to go forth, as a ship into the water: to come into new relations, make a transition.—n. act of launching or moving a newly-built ship from the stocks into the water: the largest boat carried by a man-of-war: (Spens.) a lancing.—n.pl. Launch′ing-ways, the timbers on which a ship is launched.—n. Steam′-launch, a large passenger-boat propelled by steam-power, and used largely on rivers. [O. Fr. lanchier, lancier (Fr. lancer). See Lance.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. launch

   The largest or long boat of a ship of war. Others of greater size for gunboats are used by the French, Spaniards, Italians, &c., in the Mediterranean. A launch being proportionably longer, lower, and more flat-bottomed than the merchantman's long-boat, is in consequence less fit for sailing, but better calculated for rowing and approaching a flat shore. Its principal superiority consists in being much fitter to under-run the cable, lay out anchors, &c., which is a very necessary employment in the harbours of the Levant, where the cables of different ships are fastened across each other, and frequently render such operations necessary.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. launch

   To throw as a spear or dart; to send forth. Written also lanch.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'launch' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4742

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'launch' in Nouns Frequency: #1844

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'launch' in Verbs Frequency: #312

Anagrams for launch »

1. Nuchal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of launch in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of launch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of launch in a Sentence

1. Ramon Fonseca:

   We're the ones who have filed a complaint with the authorities, every time there's something in the newspapers, the authorities announce they'll launch investigations. We're fully cooperating but we haven't been contacted by anyone yet.

2. Pat Becker Jr:

   The tide is going out a bit, but it will probably improve in the fall with the launch of the next iPhone, this is an opportunity.

3. Piers Harding-Rolls:

   I think we can expect a significantly different PS5 design at launch, it's possible some of the design cues may transition over.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   Donald Trump has been all over the place on ISIS. He’s talked about letting Syria become a free zone for ISIS. A major country in the Middle East that could launch attacks against us and others. He’s talked about sending ground troops — American ground troops. Well, that isoff the table as far as I am concerned.

5. The MTA:

   This is a first of its kind pilot when it comes to transportation agencies around the world and we are proud to be a part of it, for nearly three months, The MTA has worked relentlessly to disinfect our entire fleet of subways and buses but we've always promised that we would explore any and all new approaches available to us as well. The launch of this UVC pilot represents a promising next step in our ongoing efforts to identify technologies that can keep our customers and employees as safe as possible.

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