launch

1. v. i. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. Source: opted

2. v. i. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. Source: opted

3. v. i. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. Source: opted

4. v. i. 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. Source: opted

5. v. i. 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. Source: opted

6. n. The act of launching. Source: opted

7. n. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. Source: opted

8. n. 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. Source: opted

9. n. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck Source: wordnet

10. n. the act of propelling with force Source: wordnet

11. v. set up or found Source: wordnet

12. v. propel with force Source: wordnet

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