- launch
- launchlaunch1 [lônch]vt.[ME launchen < OFr lanchier < LL(Ec) lanceare, to wield a lance < L lancea, LANCE]1. to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.)2. to send forth with some force [to launch a plane by catapult]3. to cause (a newly built vessel) to slide from the land into the water; set afloat4. to set in operation; start, inaugurate, etc. [to launch an attack, launch a new ad campaign]5. to start (a person) on some course or careervi.1. to put to sea: often with out or forth2. to start on some new course or enterprise: often with out or forth3. to throw oneself (into) with vigor; rush; plunge [to launch into a tirade]n.the act or process of launchingadj.designating or of vehicles, facilities, sites, etc. used in the launching of spacecraft or missileslaunch2 [lônch]n.[Sp or Port lancha < ? Malay lancharan < lanchar, swift]1. Historical the largest boat carried by a warship2. an open, or partly enclosed, motorboat
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.