launch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: launch	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
launch n a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck the act of propelling with force Synonym(s): launching, launch v set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] Antonym(s): abolish, get rid of propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship" launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship" begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" Synonym(s): plunge, launch get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" Synonym(s): launch, set in motion smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Launch \Launch\, 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. Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. --Luke v. 4. He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Launch \Launch\, n. 1. The act of launching. 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. 3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) 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. {Launching ways}. (Naut.) See {Way}, n. (Naut.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Launch \Launch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Launched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Launching}.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See {Lance}.] [Written also {lanch}.] 1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.] Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. --Spenser. 3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. --Pope. 4. 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. All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. --Eikon Basilike.