launch | English to English Dictionary

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launch

(l/O/n/tS/ )

set up or found(verb.social)

Synonym:
establish, found, set up
Antonym:
abolish, get rid of

source: wordnet30
propel with force(verb.contact)

Example:
Launch the space shuttle.
Launch a ship.

source: wordnet30
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage(verb.contact)

Example:
Launch a ship.

source: wordnet30
begin with vigor(verb.change)

Example:
He launched into a long diatribe.

Synonym:
plunge

source: wordnet30
get going; give impetus to(verb.contact)

Example:
Launch a career.

Synonym:
set in motion

source: wordnet30
smoothen the surface of(verb.contact)

Example:
Launch plaster.

source: wordnet30
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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