What does launch mean?
Definitions for launch
lɔntʃ, lɑntʃlaunch
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Princeton's WordNet
launchnoun
a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
launching, launchverb
the act of propelling with force
establish, set up, found, launchverb
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"
launchverb
propel with force
"launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
launchverb
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
"launch a ship"
plunge, launchverb
begin with vigor
"He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
launch, set in motionverb
get going; give impetus to
"launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"
launchverb
smoothen the surface of
"launch plaster"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Launchverb
All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery, in England. Charles I .
With stays and cordage last he rigg’d the ship,
And roll’d on leavers, launch’d her in the deep. Alexander Pope.The King of Heav’n, obscure on high,
Bar’d his red arm, and launching from the sky
His writhen bolt, not shaking empty smoke,
Down to the deep abyss the flaming fellow strook. Dryd.To Launchverb
All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery, in England. Charles I .
With stays and cordage last he rigg’d the ship,
And roll’d on leavers, launch’d her in the deep. Alexander Pope.The King of Heav’n, obscure on high,
Bar’d his red arm, and launching from the sky
His writhen bolt, not shaking empty smoke,
Down to the deep abyss the flaming fellow strook. Dryd.To Launchverb
Etymology: It is derived by Stephen Skinner from lance, because a ship is pushed into water with great force.
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Luke v. 4.
So short a stay prevails;
He soons equips the ship, supplies the sails,
And gives the word to launch. Dryden.For general history, Raleigh and Howel are to be had. He who would launch farther into the ocean, may consult Whear. John Locke.
From hence that gen’ral care and study springs,
That launching and progression of the mind. Davies.Whoever pursues his own thoughts, will find them launch out beyond the extent of body into the infinity of space. John Locke.
In our language Edmund Spenser has not contented himself with this submissive manner of imitation: he launches out into very flow’ry paths, which still conduct him into one great road. Matthew Prior, Preface to Solomon.
He had not acted in the character of a suppliant, if he had launched out into a long oration. William Broome, Odyssey.
I have launched out of my subject on this article. Arbuth.
ChatGPT
launch
To launch means to start or set into motion an initiative, event, product, or project. It can also refer to propelling or sending off something with force, such as a spacecraft, ship, or missile.
Webster Dictionary
Launchverb
to throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly
Launchverb
to strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce
Launchverb
to cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship
Launchverb
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
Launchverb
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
Launchnoun
the act of launching
Launchnoun
the movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built
Launchnoun
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
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
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
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
launch
To throw as a spear or dart; to send forth. Written also lanch.
Editors Contribution
launchverb
To hurl (something) forcefully; fling.
I launched the ball in the air and shockingly, I caught it!
Submitted by zakaria1409 on June 29, 2022
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'launch' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4742
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'launch' in Nouns Frequency: #1844
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'launch' in Verbs Frequency: #312
Anagrams for launch »
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chulan
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of launch in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of launch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of launch in a Sentence
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, this is no other life but this.
There's always time to launch your dreams
Sally Ride, President, Space.com:
I wasn't really scared. I was very excited, and I was very anxious. When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.
How much would you pay to launch our economy? How much would you pay for the universe?
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Translations for launch
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- قذف, أطلقArabic
- llançar, llanxa, llançamentCatalan, Valencian
- hoditCzech
- søsætteDanish
- Start, abschießen, lancierenGerman
- άκατοςGreek
- lanĉiEsperanto
- lanzar, lancha, lancear, lanzamiento, botarSpanish
- välja saatma, käivitama, alustama, heitma, kaater, heide, sööstmaEstonian
- laukaista, laskea vesille, heittää, laukaisu, vesillelasku, lanseerata, tuoda markkinoilleFinnish
- lancer, lancementFrench
- lanciareItalian
- לְהַשִׁיקHebrew
- 発射Japanese
- dēdūcōLatin
- rōnohiMāori
- melancarkanMalay
- smijten, gooien, werpen, lanceren, spietsen, lancering, worp, doorboren, aanzetten, te water laten, tewaterlatingDutch
- sjøsette, sjøsetjeNorwegian Nynorsk
- Lanseringen, sjøsetteNorwegian
- uruchomićPolish
- lançar, arremessar, lancear, jogar, tacar, lançamento, arremessoPortuguese
- запускать, запуск, запустить, спуск, баркасRussian
- odštartovať, spustiť, vypustiť, hodiť, vrhnúťSlovak
- lansera, sjösätta, sjösättningSwedish
- phóngVietnamese
- 發射Chinese
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