Definitions for the word "launch" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The act of launching.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
1 set (a vessel) afloat. 2 hurl or send forth (a weapon, rocket, etc.). 3 start or set in motion (an enterprise, person, etc.). 4 formally introduce (a new product) with publicity etc. 5 (foll. By out, into, etc.) A make a start on (an enterprise etc.). B burst into (strong language etc.). n. Act of launching. [anglo-norman launcher: related to *lance]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. n.
1 large motor boat. 2 man-of-war''s largest boat. [spanish lancha]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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